Climate Change Quotes

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.

Al Gore completely lied about climate change in an effort to make a lot of money.

Climate change isn't out biggest problem. It's Islamic terrorism.

Climate change is such a consequential crisis to everybody in the world.

The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject.

I think we have a very brief window of opportunity to deal with climate change. No longer than a decade at most.

By the end of this century, climate change will reduce the human population to a few breeding pairs surviving near the Arctic.

[Tom] Steyer is specifically spending money on candidates who will take action against climate change.

President Obama gave a big speech on climate change. He believes global warming is getting worse because apparently he's sweating a lot more during his second term

The report on climate change said that humans are very likely making the planet warmer. To which Hillary Clinton said, 'Hey, can't blame me for that one.'

That, by the way, is perhaps the most ludicrous comment I've ever heard, that climate change is a bigger threat to our country than radical Islamic terrorism.

Maybe more climate activists will think about the climate change not as an international problem to be resolved in an air-conditioned meeting hall, but as a guerilla war to be fought in the streets.

Climate change is a global issue - from the point of view of the Earth's climate, a molecule of CO2 emitted in Bejing is the same as a molecule emitted in Sydney.

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

Climate change isnʼt a distant threat. Itʼs already changing the way we live.

The consequences of man-made climate change are real and very significant.

I have not made any suggestions about climate change. This is more about blending or shifting the conversation about the environment versus the economy. It's just such an old, outdated conversation.

They [Democrats and Republicans] agree with each other on either doing nothing or giving lip service to climate change and the really transformative changes that need to happen.

If we're not in the debates there will be no real discussion of climate change, because Hillary Clinton's policy does not begin to address the threat.

The issues we address basically: We call for an emergency jobs program to address the emergency of climate change.

Carbon is the currency of how you measure climate change, but water will be the teeth.

Global climate change needs global action now. The alarm bells ought to be ringing in every capital of the world.

I don’t know the science behind climate change.

I have not seen proven proof that [climate change] is entirely man-made.

What we've got is the wholesale embrace of fracking domestically, internationally and for export. And this couldn't be further from what we really need to do to address climate change.

We have to fix climate change with the people we have right now, and to a large extent with the perspectives we have right now as well.

I do believe that [climate change] is real.

What do we do about climate change bearing down upon us?

Climate change is my greatest concern.

The area of climate change has a dramatic impact on national security.

I do [believe climate change is man-made].

I have been fighting climate change and working to improve our environment.

It's rather useless to write a gripping narrative with nothing in it but climate change because novels are always about people even if they purport to be about rabbits or robots.

Today's dialogue has succeeded in reinforcing the need for international partnerships and cooperation in tackling the reality of climate change.

I used to be a lot more afraid of climate change. Now I spend my time working, planning, trying to move forward.

Psychologically speaking, the rational, healthy response to climate change is to say to oneself, "What can I do about this?" But that question is often answered through individual action.

While the American people have the impression that scientists are hard at work figuring out this complex matter of climate change, it's not actually that complicated.

Climate change has been associated so much with a peaceful mentality - obviously peace and love are good, but we need to think about climate as a threat to survival.

By looking the other way on climate change we facilitate a collective denial, and we do it for each other.

If substantial methyl hydrate melt begins to occur in the Arctic Ocean basin, then the (carbon) accelerator will be jammed, and there will be nothing we can do to cut the speed of climate change.

We really don't have a policy [on climate change]. There's a lot of rhetoric and not a lot of action.

I believe climate change is real - and I believe we have to act to protect the climate as fast as we possibly can.

I've always been interested in the fragility of things, and with special urgency now because of climate change, but also because of the accidents of reading.

The rednecks. Well, you're not going to get there with climate change and [Vladimir] Putin and all the rest of it.

[The Clean Power Plan] is an important step toward curbing carbon pollution and addressing climate change.

The U.S. has historically been the world's largest contributor to climate change.

The world can't have a global solution to climate change with U.S. action alone; and the world can't have a global solution without U.S. action.

Investing now in safe-guarding people by helping them to adapt to climate change, will help save money and lives while building resilience.

A New World Order is required to deal with the Climate Change crisis.

We don't know what's causing climate change on this planet. And the idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try to reduce CO2 emissions is not the right course for us.