Climate Quotes

Now, as the world's largest economy and as the world's second largest emitter, America bears our responsibility to address climate change, and we intend to meet that responsibility.

Greenhouse gas pollution, through its contribution to global climate change, presents a significant threat to Americans health and to the environment upon which our economy and security depends.

I think tolerance is something everybody needs to be reminded of, especially in a reactionary political world. Well, actually, I should say, a reactionary political climate.

All scientific progress requires a climate of strong skepticism.

There is not the hundredth part of the wine consumed in this kingdom that there ought to be. Our foggy climate wants help.

Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.

Heaven for climate, Hell for company.

The climate is doing its usual tricks. There's nothing much really happening yet. We were supposed to be halfway toward a frying world now.

Some people call it global warming; some people call it climate change. What is the difference?

Either we stand united and agree to combat climate change or we will all stumble and fall and condemn humanity to a tragic future.

Camp life is demanding, and even the simplest daily routine becomes a chore in a climate with 90 per cent humidity, not to mention the bugs.

The European nations take climate change very seriously.

Rather than continuing to base our economy on a finite supply of dead things, we can base it on sources that are practically infinite and eternal: the sun, the moon, and the Earth's inner fire.

The 5-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade, which we interpret as a combination of natural variability and a slow down in the growth rate of net climate forcing.

We are 25 years too late. If the object is to avoid dangerous change, we've already had it. The object now is to avoid really dangerous change.

When it comes to climate, we can all make a big difference.

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 do not know how much our climate could or will change in the future. We do not know how fast change will occur or even how some of our actions could impact it.

As species are exterminated by shifting climate zones, ecosystems can collapse, destroying more species.

The scientific evidence of how serious this climate crisis is becoming continues to amass week after week after week.

Please don't let all the freak storms and climate change lead you to believe in freak storms and climate change.

The extreme geniality of San Francisco's economic, intellectual and political climate makes it the most varied and challenging city in the United States.

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.

A stable climate is the most fundamental resource of all. No one has yet built a civilisation in an unstable climate

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.

I've always been opposed to population control. In climate terms, population is not the biggest problem going forward.

Nuclear power has died of an incurable attack of market forces and is way beyond any hope of revival, because the competitors are several-fold cheaper and are getting rapidly more so.

Because the financial power of the fossil-fuel industry is so great it can, and has, delayed any real action of the climate issues almost everywhere.

Business as usual is dead. Green growth is the answer to both our climate and economic problems

...the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia apparently cherry-picked Russian climate data.

The irony here is this administration is spending more money on climate change research and development than any administration in all the rest of the industrialized world combined.

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!

Our planet is warming due to pollution from human activities. And a warming climate increases the likelihood of extreme weather.

Climate change is the biggest governing challenge we face. It's the biggest governing challenge I think we've ever faced.

Indeed, in the present climate of mistrust of institutions, many people who yearn for a more meaningful and fulfilling life would regard the church as an unlikely place to go for guidance.

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

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.

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

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.

The bottom line is that when Senator Inhofe says, 'Global warming is a hoax,' he is just dead wrong, according to the vast majority of climate scientists.

When we are fighting for huge stakes - we're fighting for the future - future of the planet in terms of climate change. We're fighting for the future of American democracy.

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

Several indisputable facts appear evident in geological and climate science that make me a true 'denier' of human-caused global warming.

We have 20 years [until 2026] to reduce carbon emissions or climate change will become irreversible.

Trusting your energy policy to the fossil fuel lobby is like trusting your health care system to the tobacco lobby.

In this climate - with belief in guardian angels and creationism becoming commonplace - making fun of religion is as risky as burning a flag in an American Legion hall.

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.

When I think about my children and how different their futures might be as a result of climate change, it makes me determined to do something about it.

The climate continues to deteriorate.

Transhumanist technology will do much for the world that the world can't really imagine yet, including overcome some of the climate issues the world is facing.