Climate Change Quotes

To tackle climate change you don't have to reduce your quality of life, but you do have to change the way you live

We are in an extremely precarious and urgent situation that compels immediate action

I do not underestimate the difficulty of the challenge that global climate change presents to us. It will take a significant effort and the best talent and technology we have to solve the problem.

We can debate this or that aspect of climate change, but the reality is that most people now accept our climate is indeed subject to change as a result of greenhouse gas emissions.

Think globally, act locally": "Our salvation depends upon our ability to create a religion of nature.

The next four years, there won't be a week that goes by without a discussion of climate change. It's a naturally Conservative issue.

Global warming can mean colder, it can mean drier, it can mean wetter.

I'm often asked whether I believe in Global Warming. I now just reply with the question: "Do you believe in Gravity?"

It's absolutely not acceptable for people to argue that, if we are going to do anything about climate change at all, well, the responsibility lies solely with the individual.

Hillary's [Clinton] policies on climate change are a problem too. We ignore her track record at our peril.

Everybody talks about population growth and its disastrous effect on climate change, food security and resource depletion, but nobody does anything about it

Climate change is not an environmental issue, but much more to do with security and economics

Climate change poses a direct threat to the infrastructure of America that we need to stay competitive in this 21st-century economy.

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

Even if you accept the theory of man-made climate change, wind turbines are a rotten way to reduce CO2 emissions, or to improve energy security.

CO2 emissions have been increasing, but the rise in air temperature stopped around 2001. Climate change is due in large part to naturally occurring oscillations.

I hope to contribute to a global warming of hearts and a climate change in human consciousness.

Once you start to look into the guts of climate change you find that just about every scientific institution in the world is conducting research on the issue.

There has been a concerted effort to frame caring about climate change and the environment as an alternate religion - one that worships the creation rather than the creator, so to speak.

I think the people running climate change denial campaigns are sociopaths.

Vegetarian is the New Prius!

Self-evidently, dangerous climate change will not emerge from a normal scientific process of truth seeking.

Buy less, choose well, make it last. Quality rather than quantity: That is true sustainability. If people only bought beautiful things rather than rubbish, we wouldn't have climate change!

Instead of sitting on the sidelines, President Obama has made it clear that the US is ready to lead a global effort to combat climate change.

There are probably already too many people on the planet.

If enough of us stop looking away and decide that climate change is a crisis worthy of Marshall Plan levels of response, then it will become one.

So the need for another economic model is urgent, and if the climate justice movement can show that responding to climate change is the best chance for a more just economic system.

My father's generation's crisis was fighting fascism. Ours is fighting climate change. It is much harder because you can't see it, it is not an obvious threat. But the solution is in our hands.

Climate change has taken on political dimensions. That's odd because I don't see people choosing sides over E=Mc2 or other fundamental facts of science.

I firmly believe that the principles behind Contraction & Convergence provide the best long-term framework for a fair and equitable climate change mitigation policy

It is fairly well-known what has been behind that climate change denial in America: vast sums pumped into an ignorance industry by the oil and gas lobbies.

My feeling is that if any Republican was elected it would be almost a death knell for the species literally, just because of their attitude on climate change.

Climate change is also clearly a matter of huge interest and concern for the scientific community.

Preservation of the environment, promotion of sustainable development and particular attention to climate change are matters of grave concern for the entire human family.

The climate change plan set out a few days ago by federal NDP leader Tom Mulcair will get us there, which is why I strongly support it.

When we know better, we do better.

We've known for some time that we have to worry about the impacts of climate change on our children's and grandchildren's generations. But we now have to worry about ourselves as well.

We are entering an era of heightened disaster, thanks to climate change. Being prepared for disaster will mean being prepared to sift truth from rumour, and being prepared to adjust our worldview.

Global climate change has a profound impact on the survival and development of mankind. It is a major challenge facing all countries.

As far as I'm aware, everybody in the shadow cabinet accepts that there's a compelling case on climate change and a strong scientific case.

I think it is manmade. I think it's clearly manmade.

New York City is one of the most vulnerable cities in the world to climate change, so I see Keystone as the central threat to New York.

I feel lucky that I even have the luxury to write about feeling lonely or feeling confused. When you think about climate change that means that we won't have an Earth to be lonely on.

If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day - at every meal.

Developed countries should support developing countries in tackling climate change. This not only is their responsibility, but also serves their long-term interests.

Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.

Some governments are prepared to give up elements of sovereignty to address the threat of global climate change.

Greenhouse gas emissions and global warming are among humanity's most pressing concerns. Societal expectations on climate change are real, and our industry is expected to take a leadership role.

The shift to a cleaner energy economy wont happen overnight, and it will require tough choices along the way. But the debate is settled. Climate change is a fact.

I refuse to condemn your generation and future generations to a planet that's beyond fixing.