Climate Change Quotes - Page 37

• Perhaps we cannot raise the winds. But each of us can put up the sail, so that when the wind comes we can catch it.

  E. F. Schumacher

  Wind, Sail, Raises

  "Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered". Book by E. F. Schumacher, 1973.

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• There's no question that the number one contributor to climate change is livestock production. The quickest way to make an effect is to immediately start on a vegan diet.

  Lisa Bloom

  Numbers, Climate, Way

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• Those who fail to see that population growth and climate change are two sides of the same coin are either ignorant or hiding from the truth. These two huge environmental problems are inseparable and to discuss one while ignoring the other is irrational.

  James Lovelock

  Two Sides, Growth, Ignorant

  "Stop blaming the poor. It's the wally yachters who are burning the planet" by George Monbiot, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2009.

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• I want to use my position of leadership to help move along at a faster pace what I believe and know the Obama administration wants to do around the urgency of climate change.

  Kamala Harris

  Believe, Moving, Climate

  "Kamala Harris: Democrats' anti-Palin". www.politico.com. December 24, 2010.

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• Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change from radically impacting on our lives over the coming decades.

  James Lovelock

  Stupid, Climate, Conservation

  "James Lovelock: Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change" by Leo Hickman, www.theguardian.com. March 29, 2010.

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• Beyond the borders of wealthy countries like the United States, in developing countries where most people in the world live, the impacts of climate change are much more deadly, from the growing desertification of Africa to the threats of rising sea levels and the submersion of small island nations.

  Amy Goodman

  Country, Impact, Islands

  Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan (2012). “The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope”, p.96, Haymarket Books

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• The U.S. news media have a critical role to play in educating the public about climate change.

  Amy Goodman

  Media, Play, Climate

  Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan (2012). “The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope”, p.96, Haymarket Books

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• On climate change, there is a clear, definitive and ineluctable ethical imperative to act.

  Pope Francis

  Climate, Ethical, Clear

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• Even those who don't believe in climate change believe we should develop renewable energy. Americans get it: it's time. This is not controversial. It's actually right in the wheelhouse of American business.

  Marshall Herskovitz

  Believe, Energy, Climate

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Our overriding environmental challenge tonight is the worldwide problem of climate change, global warming, the gathering crisis that requires worldwide action.

  William J. Clinton

  Challenges, Environmental, World

  Clinton, William J. (1999). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1998”, p.119, Best Books on

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• This isn't about 'causality' but about 'influence'. The evidence is clear that human-induced climate change is influencing the drought, no matter the cause.

  Peter Gleick

  Causality, Matter, Causes

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• Veganism is an answer for almost every problem facing the world in terms of hunger and climate change.

  Sam Simon

  Climate, Answers, World

  "Terminally Ill 'Simpsons' Co-Creator Vows to Give Away Fortune". Interview with Gary Baum, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 25, 2013.

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• I am convinced that climate change represents a historic opportunity on an even greater scale.

  Naomi Klein

  Opportunity, Climate, Historic

  Naomi Klein (2014). “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate”, p.10, Simon and Schuster

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• There are great challenges before you, from the overwhelming nature of climate change to the unfairness of an economy that excludes so many from our collective wealth, and the changes necessary to build a more inclusive and generous Canada. I believe in you.

  Jack Layton

  Believe, Challenges, Climate

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• What do we do about climate change bearing down upon us?

  Ken Livingstone

  Climate

  "I would have loved to be PM" by John Harris, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2008.

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• Our climate is changing. The Earth's climate has, in fact, warmed by 1.1 to 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit since the industrial revolution. People look at this and say: Oh, that is not very much. In fact, it is very much, and it changes the dynamic. It impacts species. It kills some. It diminishes the carbon sink of the ocean. It does a number of things.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Ocean, Impact, Numbers

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• Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate changing not just in our lifetimes but also year by year.

  James Lovelock

  Years, Climate, Lifetime

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• I think you could offer seven or eight different possible ends for energy policy. Climate change is one of them. Dealing with criteria pollutants is one of those related to that.

  Brad Carson

  Thinking, Eight, Energy

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• In the U.S. I think there are really two reasons we should pursue energy policy. One is climate change, and the second is this notion that the oil market is cartel-ized by people, some of whom are friendly, some of whom are not, some of whom are in a more ambivalent position to us.

  Brad Carson

  Thinking, Two, Oil

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• My view is that climate changes have happened in the last 80 years, that is, the world has got a little bit warmer, although not as warm as it has been in Medieval times, or the Bronze Age.

  Piers Corbyn

  Bronze Medal, Views, Years

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• Like the canary in the coal mine, the climate changes already evident in the Arctic are a call to action.

  Susan Collins

  Climate, Coal, Action

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• I'm not against entertainment: if someone wants to read nonsense-mongers, let them, but I resent the appearance of parity between two articles on an issue as serious as climate change when one article is actually gibberish masked in pseudoscience and the other is well informed and accurate.

  Jay Griffiths

  Two, Issues, Climate

  "Don't give climate change heretics an easy ride" by Jay Griffiths, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2012.

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• Among all the tests President Obama faced in his first term, his biggest failure was climate change.

  Jeff Goodell

  President, Climate, Tests

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• At the Global Crop Diversity Trust, we work to conserve the diversity that will allow the adaptation and evolution of our agricultural crops in the context of climate change and other challenges.

  Cary Fowler

  Diversity, Challenges, Climate

  "Will the Copenhagen Climate Talks Connect Two 150-Year-Old Dots?" by Cary Fowler, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• The world can't have a global solution to climate change with U.S. action alone; and the world can't have a global solution without U.S. action.

  Michael Franti

  Climate, World, Action

  "Time for Passion and Strategy on Climate Change" by Michael Franti, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 26, 2009.

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