Climate Change Quotes - Page 4

• Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring this about?

  Maurice Strong

  Responsibility, Eugenics, Civilization

  "Glenn Beck holds up Maurice Strong as evidence of 'global government' conspiracy" by Leo Hickman, www.theguardian.com. May 13, 2010.

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• Those who are already feeling the effects of climate change don't have time to deny it - they're busy dealing with it.

  Barack Obama

  Feelings, Climate, Global Warming

  Remarks by the President on Climate Change, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 25, 2013.

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• A low-carbon, clean energy economy can be an engine of growth for decades to come.

  Barack Obama

  Growth, Energy, Clean

  "US power sector to cut carbon emissions by 30% by 2030". "AM", www.abc.net.au. June 3, 2014.

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• Global warming is not only the number one environmental challenge we face today, but one of the most important issues facing all of humanity... We all have to do our part to raise awareness about global warming and the problems we as a people face in promoting a sustainable environmental future for our planet.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Numbers, Issues, People

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• It's important for me to have hope because that's my job as a parent, to have hope, for my kids, that we're not going to leave them in a world that's in shambles, that's a chaotic place, that's a dangerous place.

  James Cameron

  Jobs, Kids, Parent

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• And yes, my plan will continue to reduce the carbon pollution that is heating our planet - because climate change is not a hoax. More droughts and floods and wildfires are not a joke. They're a threat to our children's future. And in this election, you can do something about it.

  Barack Obama

  Children, Climate, Hoaxes

  Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 6 September 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina

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  Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

  Philip K. Dick

  Atheist, Real, Believe

  Valis ch. 5 (1981). Originally appeared in a 1978 lecture by Dick entitled "How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart in Two Days." See Paktor 1

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• I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

  Robert Redford

  Nature, Thinking, Earth Day

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• You are here to enable the divine purpose of the Universe to unfold. That is how important you are!

  Eckhart Tolle

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Beauty

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.142, New World Library

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• The good news is, we have everything we need now to respond to the challenge of global warming. We have all the technologies we need, more are being developed.... But we should not wait, we cannot wait, we must not wait.

  Al Gore

  Technology, Waiting, Challenges

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• Sticking your head in the sand might make you feel safer, but it’s not going to protect you from the coming storm.

  Barack Obama

  Storm, Might, Global Warming

  Barack Obama's Remarks on Climate Change at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 25, 2013.

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• I don't have much patience for anyone who denies that this challenge is real.

  Barack Obama

  Real, Challenges, Deny

  "Obama's scaled-down climate-change agenda" by Reid J. Epstein, Jennifer Epstein, www.politico.com. June 25, 2013.

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• We have to all shoulder the responsibility for keeping the planet habitable, or we're going to suffer the consequences - together.

  Barack Obama

  Responsibility, Suffering, Together

  Barack Obama's Remarks on Climate Change in Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 25, 2013.

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• Our planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on all of humankind.

  Barack Obama

  Impact, Profound, Way

  President Barack Obama's remarks on climate change at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 25, 2013.

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• That bright blue ball rising over the moon's surface, containing everything we hold dear - the laughter of children, a quiet sunset, all the hopes and dreams of posterity - that's what's at stake. That's what we're fighting for. And if we remember that, I'm absolutely sure we'll succeed.

  Barack Obama

  Dream, Children, Laughter

  Remarks by the President on Climate Change, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 25, 2013.

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• While we may not live to see the full realization of our ambition, we will have the satisfaction of knowing that the world we leave to our children will be better off for what we did.

  Barack Obama

  Children, Ambition, Knowing

  Barack Obama's Remarks on Climate Change in Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 25, 2013.

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• Those of us in positions of responsibility, we'll need to be less concerned with the judgment of special interests and well-connected donors, and more concerned with the judgment of posterity.

  Barack Obama

  Responsibility, Special, Needs

  Barack Obama's Remarks on Climate Change in Georgetown University, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 25, 2013.

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• As the world's largest economy and second-largest carbon emitter, as a country with unsurpassed ability to drive innovation and scientific breakthroughs, as the country that people around the world continue to look to in times of crisis, we've got a vital role to play. We can't stand on the sidelines. We've got a unique responsibility.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Responsibility, Unique

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• The hard truth is carbon pollution has built up in our atmosphere for decades now. And even if we Americans do our part, the planet will slowly keep warming for some time to come.

  Barack Obama

  Atmosphere, Truth Is, Pollution

  Remarks by the President on Climate Change, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 25, 2013.

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• If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear. People who can open to the web of life that called us into being

  Joanna Macy

  Love, Web Of Life, People

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• In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 per day.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Order, Eugenics, Wiping Out

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• Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination.

  Al Gore

  Our World, Imagination, Challenges

  "Congress Holds Global Warming Hearings". "Day to Day" with Madeleine Brand, www.npr.org. March 21, 2007.

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• Mr Howard's problem is for so long he's been a climate change sceptic, how can he, therefore, put himself to the country as part of a climate change solution for the future.

  Kevin Rudd

  Country, Australia, Long

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• Global warming can mean colder, it can mean drier, it can mean wetter.

  Steven Guilbeault

  Mean, Global Warming

  "What planet are the eco-cultists on?" by Mark Steyn, www.telegraph.co.uk. December 6, 2005.

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• It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.

  Mark Twain

  Motivational, Cute, Truth

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.12, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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