Climate Quotes

Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.

Art is food for the soul, and an artistic climate is a healthy climate because it breeds empathy.

Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening.

The moral climate of any organization, larger than that of the individual, is created hour by hour through the multitude of choices and behaviors of its members.

We only get one planet.

One thing we do know about the threat of climate change is that the cost of adjustment only grows the longer it's left unaddressed.

There is still time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, if we take strong action now.

I believe climate change is real, but I reject the cap and trade solution of John - of, you know, of Al Gore. He's made a religion. It's a problem.

Burning natural gas will not save us from climate change. It's the same as burning any other carbon-based fuel.

The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril

It means joining with allies to deploy renewable energy technologies -- both at home and around the world -- to confront the very real and present danger of potentially irreversible climate change.

Now, more than ever, we need to connect the dots between climate, poverty, energy, food and water. These issues cannot be addressed in isolation.

It's the arrogance of man to think that man can change the climate of the world. Only nature can change the climate. A volcano, for instance.

Research data on climate change do not show that human use of hydrocarbons is harmful. To the contrary, there is good evidence that increased atmospheric carbon dioxide is environmentally helpful.

You cannot solve the climate crisis if you are putting people out of work.

If people fear that they have to choose between their job or fixing the climate, they will always protect their job. Because that's how they live to see tomorrow.

The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries.

The scientific evidence is now overwhelming: climate change presents very serious global risks, and it demands an urgent global response.

We now know that climate change is a driver of migration, and is expected to increase the displacement of populations.

I believe it's time for direct action on climate change, standing together as ordinary Australians to take control of our shared future.

A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment.

Summer in the deep South is not only a season, a climate, it's a dimension. Floating in it, one must be either proud or submerged.

Well, we in America are about to break up with oil. Why not break up with poverty and discrimination too?

In countries where there is a mild climate, less effort is expended on the struggle with nature and man is kinder and more gentle.

I like Thailand, and I love coming to Asia with the whole vibe, food, temperature, and climate.

What happened to Haiti is a threat that could happen anywhere in the Caribbean to these island nations, you know, because of global warming, because of climate change and all this.

When I listen to the public debates about climate change, I am impressed by the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations and the superficiality of our theories.

Almost everywhere, climate change denial now looks as stupid and as unacceptable as Holocaust denial.

The antidote to climate change is community.

Warming of the climate system is unequivocal...most of the global average warming over the past 50 years is very likely due to anthropogenic greenhouse gases increases.

Nature is not static, but causes its own, internally-generated changes - both in climate and in biological systems.

It is deeply pejorative to call someone a "climate change denier". This is because it is a phrase designedly reminiscent of the idea of Holocaust Denial.

Climate change: It's here. If we don't react, war, pestilence and famine will follow close behind

The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious.

It seems clear to me also that climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to our future generation.

Climate change poses clear, catastrophic threats. We may not agree on the extent, but we certainly can't afford the risk of inaction.

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

We've created the almost godly power of being able to alter the climate, to change the face of the earth, now we need to develop the consciousness of gods, and wield that power wisely

The catastrophe now threatening us is unprecedented - and we often confuse the unprecedented with the improbable.

The climate system is being pushed hard enough that change will become obvious to the man in the street in the next decade.

I have a feeling that climate change may be an issue as severe as a war. It may be necessary to put democracy on hold for a while.

Leaders lead. They don't divide; they don't create a climate that is poisonous.

I think the climate is too important to say we are going to wait until all our economic woes are over before we act effectively.

I think we need an American jobs agenda for the climate challenge which means American renewable grid, more renewable energy.

Climate change policies cannot be the frosting on the cake of development; they must be baked into the recipe of growth and social development.

I think massive migration is inevitable. As sea levels rise, as climate change happens, as fertile fields become arid, as wars are fought, people are going to move. They always have.

Is climate change pseudoscience? If I'm going to answer the question, the answer is: absolutely.

There is no experimental data that exists that supports the view that the Earth's climate is changing in any dangerous way.

I think calling it climate change is rather limiting. I would rather call it the everything change.

There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.