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We cannot ask others to do what we have not done ourselves.


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Quite frankly, there is no answer to climate change without substantially, dramatically, increasing the amount of renewable energy in the global energy system.



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We will move to a low-carbon world because nature will force us, or because policy will guide us. If we wait until nature forces us, the cost will be astronomical.



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This is probably the most difficult task we have ever given ourselves, which is to intentionally transform the economic development model, for the first time in human history.



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I still do not understand why we don't have people on the streets every single day raising their voices for climate.



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We have to get to the point where each individual, each corporation, each community chooses low carbon, because it makes fundamental sense. It should become a no-brainer.



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When you have a vision of where you need to go, it sounds utopian. But when you get to the tipping point, your understanding switches.



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We shouldn't have stupid cars that use liquid fossil fuels. Come on, how outmoded is that? We have to get to the point where this is no longer a part of our experience.



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We are just about to cross the 400 parts per million threshold.



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Think global, act local.





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