Best 952 quotes in «climate quotes» category

We believe the ice sheet was not around all the time. It was only around during cool snaps of the climate

We can and must use our combined skills at every opportunity available to address climate change.

We can both prevent asteroid impacts and address climate change. It's not either-or.

We can expect the climate crisis industry to grow increasingly shrill, and increasingly hostile toward anyone who questions their authority.

We cannot afford to lose another decade. If we lose another decade, it becomes extremely costly to achieve climate stabilization.

We can't leave everything to the free market. In fact, climate change is, I would argue, the greatest single free-market failure. This is what happens when you don't regulate corporations and you allow them to treat the atmosphere as an open sewer.

We can't say that when x happens we get a mass extinction. To the extent we understand mass extinction, one has been caused by glaciation event, one has been caused by a massive climate change, and one has been caused by an asteroid. These events turn out to have no precedent.

We can't conclusively say whether man-made carbon dioxide emissions are contributing to climate change.

We consider it vital that the community of nations be drawn together in an orderly, disciplined, rational way to review the history of our global environment, to assess the potential for future climate change, and to develop effective programs.

We do agree that our country must take action to address climate change.

We don't want to be prejudging outcomes here," she said of US opposition to scientific guidelines for rich nations to cut emissions by 25-40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. "We dont want to be predetermining what will come out of this process.

We have a mighty task before us. The earth needs our assistance.

We have a policy at Greenpeace that we no longer debate people who don't accept the scientific reality of anthropogenic climate change.

We have built a company with a business mix and operating system that will allow us to deliver record results in any foreseeable economic climate, ... We have just completed a very successful management transition and I've never been more confident about the company's future.

We have climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from human power and transportation infrastructure. At the same time, we have 2 billion people who live in energy poverty.

We have emails from donors. We got thousands and thousands of emails here that have been leaked and dumped, and I can't find any reference to climate change.

We have got a very short time to turn climate change around otherwise we will all die.

We have known since the 1800s that carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere. The right amount keeps the climate conducive to human life.

We have received no single argument in favour of this document except political pressure. No link has been established between carbon dioxide emissions and climate change. No other objective facts have been presented in recent time. The IPCC's reports in 1990 and 1995 show it clearly.

We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.

We humans, one species of animal amongst millions, have now become the de facto guardians of the planet's climate stability.

We know we must address climate change. We may not have sorted out every detail, but we are willing to take a leadership position and embrace open dialogue...that will get us all to our common goals of protecting our world for future generations.

Well, we in America are about to break up with oil. Why not break up with poverty and discrimination too?

Well in the scientific there is virtually no debate over certain things. For example, that we are changing the world. Humans are changing the world very radically, very dramatically. Climate change, which I assume is one of the points you're alluding to, is at the heart of this.

We live in a climate of fear, and because of this whole ideology of consumption almost to the point of religion.

We'll never get there if we let the climate crisis bloom unchecked, so for the moment the key is to organize, organize, organize!

We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.

We must stop climate change. And we can, if we use the tactics that worked in South Africa against the worst carbon emitters.

We need a much better understanding of the climate before making policy choices that would impose substantial economic costs on our Nation.

We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.

We must prepare for a changing climate by incorporating climate preparedness into every aspect of our planning - for food, water, health, energy, even national security. We must reduce our emissions to prevent even more dangerous change.

We need to get a broader awareness. People say climate change is really bad, but painting that picture of what you're putting at risk.

We need to do as much as we can from every direction or we will surpass that two-degree climate increase. Actually, the science is showing we are already en route to surpassing two degrees.

We need to push ourselves to make as many reductions as possible in our own energy use first - and that takes time. But we must do this quickly - the climate will not wait for us.

We need to push the reset button on climate change.

We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it's uncomfortable to talk about.

We’re the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.'

We're facing enormous changes in our planetary life, with climate change and the adaptations that all natural systems are going to have to make to these climate changes, and so it's extremely important to bear witness to what's happening.

We're operating this planet like a business in liquidation.

We now know that climate change is a driver of migration, and is expected to increase the displacement of populations.

We're all agreed that climate change is one of the greatest and most daunting challenges of our age. We have a moral imperative to act and act now.

We're like a two-year old playing with fire ... we're messing around with something really dangerous and don't really understand what will happen.

We're gonna be using American produced, American energy that will create jobs in the United States, will create a far more secure source of energy for us and will make us better environmental stewards because we will be contributing less to climate change and burning much cleaner fuel.

We see neither justice nor injustice which does not change its nature with change in climate. Three degrees of latitude reverse all jurisprudence; a meridian decides the truth.

We should be treating, I think, the whole issue of climate change and global warming with a far greater degree of priority than I think is happening now.

We see something change in our climate and we blame ourselves ... I don't think we understand what happens. We can watch it happen on the (climate) models, we know it happens, but we don't know for sure how it happens.

Western media only intensified the climate of fear and insecurity...

We've created the almost godly power of being able to alter the climate, to change the face of the earth, now we need to develop the consciousness of gods, and wield that power wisely

We, the present generation, have the responsibility to act as a trustee of the rich natural wealth for the future generations. The issue is not merely about climate change; it is about climate justice.

We travel as seekers after answers we cannot find at home, and soon find that a change of climate is easier than a change of heart.