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Nicholas Stern Quotes: Climate change is a result of the greatest market failure the world has seen...We risk damages on a scale larger than the two world wars of the last century.
         

Climate change is a result of the greatest market failure the world has seen...We risk damages on a scale larger than the two world wars of the last century.


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Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world's resources. A vegetarian diet is better.

Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world's resources. A vegetarian diet is better.



What we are talking about is extended world war...People would move on a massive scale. Hundreds of millions, probably billions of people would have to move.

What we are talking about is extended world war...People would move on a massive scale. Hundreds of millions, probably billions of people would have to move.



Climate change and global poverty are two sides of the same coin. Both challenges must be addressed together. If we fail on one, we will also fail on the other.

Climate change and global poverty are two sides of the same coin. Both challenges must be addressed together. If we fail on one, we will also fail on the other.



Climate change represents the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen

Climate change represents the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen



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

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



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

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



Adaptation is the only means to reduce the now-unavoidable costs of climate change over the next few decades

Adaptation is the only means to reduce the now-unavoidable costs of climate change over the next few decades



If you look at all the serious scientists in the world, there is no big disagreement on the basics of this...it would be absolute lunacy to act as if climate change is not occurring.

If you look at all the serious scientists in the world, there is no big disagreement on the basics of this...it would be absolute lunacy to act as if climate change is not occurring.



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.

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.



Science and policy-making thrive on challenge and questioning; they are vital to the health of inquiry and democracy.

Science and policy-making thrive on challenge and questioning; they are vital to the health of inquiry and democracy.





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Newspapers will ultimately engross all literature.

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My mom really instilled in me this idea that parents are not perfect and they make mistakes.

My mom really instilled in me this idea that parents are not perfect and they make mistakes.



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Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.

Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.



A story, after all, does not only belong to the one who is telling it. It belongs, in equal measure, to the one who is listening.

A story, after all, does not only belong to the one who is telling it. It belongs, in equal measure, to the one who is listening.



Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us.

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