Graciela Chichilnisky Quotes

Geoengineering means changing the Earth's fundamental large-scale processes.

Climate change is new and complex. We don't have all the answers.

The sun is the source of all energy on planet Earth and we cannot experiment with our only energy source.

Carbon negative power plants can provide energy while they overcome poverty and change economic values in the right direction.

While denial leads to certainty, it is only the certainty of death. This is true for individuals and also for civilizations.

We are in the midst of the 6th largest extinction event in the history of the plant and the first caused by human action.

We need a transformation of the world economy and of how we use and share the Earth's resources. We are running out of time. We are truly at the point of no return.

As difficult as it is to eliminate the risk of nuclear warfare, it requires fewer changes to the global economy than does averting or reversing climate change.

Signs of a poorly understood but treatable house fire requires action, not inaction.

Trying to conserve a privileged global position makes change traumatic for the US.

After denial comes anger and finally, acceptance.

The "can do" logic, by its own nature, does not accept limits. And an empire does not have a graceful way to evolve out of this role. History demonstrates this time and again.

Climate change is due to the use of energy for industrial growth, which has been and is overwhelmingly based on fossil fuels.

The consensus is that climate change ranks along with nuclear warfare as the top two risks facing human civilization.

Technology is a many-headed monster and perhaps it would be better to regress to a safer past and avoid technological change; it is tempting to think like that.

If nuclear warfare is believed to be somewhat controlled, then climate change is now the greatest threat.

We need to support our future instead of undermining human survival. Let's do it.

To survive, humans need food, water, and air. Yet biodiversity, the Earth's bodies of water, and the planet's atmosphere are all under threat.

The new markets that arise from ecological constraints will dominate the 21st century economy, and so will markets for knowledge.

The transformation of capitalism is unstoppable because we need limits on resources for humans to survive.