Climate Change Quotes - Page 31

• A new chapter in the history of international politics has begun, one in which the pursuit and control of energy resources would be the central dynamic of world affairs, and governments.

  Michael Klare

  Government, Energy, Would Be

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• Ultimately, the human being is in the mercy of nature.

  Dalai Lama

  Mercy, Humans, Human Beings

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• We are on track for a 3.5 deg C rise by 2040 (i.e. 4.2 deg C relative to pre-industrial)... When I look at this data, the trend is perfectly in line with a temperature increase of 6 degrees Celsius, which would have devastating consequences for the planet. We have 5 years to change the energy system, or have it changed

  Fatih Birol

  Years, Data, Track

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• The military profession, especially in the long-established great powers, is deeply pessimistic about the likelihood that people and countries will behave well under stress. Professional officers are trained to think in terms of emergent threats, and this [climate change] is as big a threat as you are going to find. Never mind what the pundits are telling the public about the perils of climate change; what are the military strategists telling their governments? That will tell us a great deal about the probable shape of the future, although it may not tell us anything that we want to hear.

  Gwynne Dyer

  Country, Stress, Military

  "Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats". Book by Gwynne Dyer, 2008.

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• Geoengineering - the deliberate, large-scale manipulation of the earth's climate to offset global warming - is a nightmare fix for climate change.

  Jeff Goodell

  Climate, Earth, Manipulation

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• Bill Gates is a relative newcomer to the fight against global warming, but he's already shifting the debate over climate change.

  Jeff Goodell

  Fighting, Climate, Bills

  Interview with Bill Gates, www.rollingstone.com. December 9, 2010.

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• Believe it or not, very little research has ever been funded to search for natural mechanisms of warming... it has simply been assumed that global warming is manmade. Climate change - it happens, with or without our help.

  Roy Spencer

  Believe, Climate, Research

  "Global Warming" by Roy Spencer, www.drroyspencer.com.

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• So-called global warming is just a secret ploy by wacko tree-huggers to make America energy-independent, clean our air & water, improve fuel-efficiency of our vehicles, kickstart 21st century industries, & make our cities safer & more livable. Don't let them get away with it!

  Chip Giller

  Independent, Air, Cities

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• A new politics can spark the clean-energy revolution that will serve as a foundation for a new era of human prosperity, protect the world's forests, stabilize the climate, and preserve the diversity of life on the planet.

  Eban Goodstein

  Diversity, Foundation, Energy

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• Electing clean-energy leaders into the Senate, the House, and the Oval Office - and getting it done in the next few years - is the only real solution to climate stabilization at acceptable levels.

  Eban Goodstein

  Real, Years, Office

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• No generation before us has faced a decade of choices that will so profoundly impact the course of life on this planet as those we now face. And no generation before us has had the opportunity to enrich the future so vastly.

  Eban Goodstein

  Opportunity, Impact, Choices

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• Stabilizing the climate is not about saving the human species... Stabilizing the climate is a precious opportunity to pass on to all future human beings gifts of immense value, gifts that, once gone, will be beyond the imagination and skill of humanity to recreate.

  Eban Goodstein

  Opportunity, Skills, Imagination

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• I am shocked, truly shocked. I was in Siberia a few weeks ago, and I am now just back in from the field in Alaska. The permafrost is melting fast all over the Arctic, lakes are forming everywhere and methane is bubbling up out of them.

  Katey Walter

  Lakes, Alaska, Melting

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• An outdated view still prevails that a low-carbon lifestyle requires immense personal suffering and sacrifice. In my view, nothing could be further from the truth. All the evidence shows that people who do not drive, do not fly on planes, do shop locally, do grow their own food, and do get to know other members of their community have a much higher quality of life than their compatriots who still persist in making the ultimate sacrifice of wasting their lives commuting to work in cars.

  Mark Lynas

  Sacrifice, Views, People

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• Conventional economic theory... counts the depletion of resources as the accumulation of wealth.

  Mark Lynas

  Wealth, Economic, Resources

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• Human releases of carbon dioxide are almost certainly happening faster than any natural carbon release since the beginning of life on Earth.

  Mark Lynas

  Earth, Natural, Release

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• If substantial methyl hydrate melt begins to occur in the Arctic Ocean basin, then the (carbon) accelerator will be jammed, and there will be nothing we can do to cut the speed of climate change.

  Mark Lynas

  Ocean, Cutting, Climate

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• Silent Summer - a never-ending heat wave, devoid of birdsong, insect hum, and all the weird and wonderful living noises that subconsciously keep us company.

  Mark Lynas

  Summer, Noise, Heat

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• A warming of this magnitude would risk the end of civilization as we know it by the end of this century.

  Peter Barrett

  Civilization, Risk, Century

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• Today's dialogue has succeeded in reinforcing the need for international partnerships and cooperation in tackling the reality of climate change.

  Margaret Beckett

  Reality, Climate, Needs

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• Climate change is a crucial issue in todays global agenda. Hopefully, we will wake up to this reality, sooner rather than later. Pressure has been mounting on European Union Member States to act decisively to fight global warming. A bold target has been set reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 20 by 2020.

  Joseph Muscat

  Fighting, Reality, Issues

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• [The Royal Society] is quite simply the voice of science in Britain. It is intellectually rigorous, not afraid to be outspoken on controversial issues such as climate change, but it is not aggressively secular either, insisting on a single view of the world. In fact, there are plenty of eminent scientists - Robert Winston, for instance - who are also men of faith.

  Bill Bryson

  Faith, Science, Men

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

  Hu Jintao

  Country, Impact, Profound

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• If we think of what's up ahead, with climate change and wars over water, it's very frightening.

  Carol Ann Duffy

  War, Thinking, Water

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• It appears that President Obama is making great progress on climate change, he is changing the political climate in the country back to Republican.

  Tim Pawlenty

  Country, Usa, Political

  "Pawlenty: GOP surge if health plan fails" by Andy Barr, www.politico.com. August 14, 2009.

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