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James Hansen Quotes: What we are doing to the future of our children, and the other species on the planet, is a clear moral issue.
         

What we are doing to the future of our children, and the other species on the planet, is a clear moral issue.


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Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now with climate change, yet we dither.

Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now with climate change, yet we dither.



We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.

We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.



It would be immoral to leave young people with a climate system spiraling out of control.

It would be immoral to leave young people with a climate system spiraling out of control.



Global warming has already triggered a sea level rise that could reach from 6 metres (19.69 ft) to 25 metres (27.34 yards).

Global warming has already triggered a sea level rise that could reach from 6 metres (19.69 ft) to 25 metres (27.34 yards).



How long have we got? We have to stabilize emissions of carbon dioxide within a decade, or temperatures will warm by more than one degree... We don't have much time left.

How long have we got? We have to stabilize emissions of carbon dioxide within a decade, or temperatures will warm by more than one degree... We don't have much time left.



What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet.

What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet.



It's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning them.

It's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning them.



We have at most ten years—not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse emissions.

We have at most ten years—not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse emissions.



Planet Earth, creation, the world in which civilization developed, the world with climate patterns that we know and stable shorelines, is in imminent peril.

Planet Earth, creation, the world in which civilization developed, the world with climate patterns that we know and stable shorelines, is in imminent peril.





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