Climate Quotes - Page 24

• I come from a very small island which is packed with people. I mean, jam-packed with people. I've lived a life which has been pretty much full up with ambition, ideas, stimulus, creativity, some negativity, which I try to avoid. Austin is a great sort of stepping-off point, if you like. I'm from a temperate climate.

  Robert Plant

  Creativity, Ambition, Mean

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 25, 2013.

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• I feel passionate about solving the climate crisis.

  Al Gore

  Passionate, Crisis, Feels

  "Al Gore | The Most Important Truth. The Power of Your Own Voice". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Although I have a variety of obligations, the climate crisis is my central concern.

  Al Gore

  Crisis, Obligation, Concern

  "Al Gore | The Most Important Truth. The Power of Your Own Voice". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• When it comes to climate, we can all make a big difference. At the most basic level, don't let denial go unchallenged and win the conversation on climate.

  Al Gore

  Winning, Differences, Denial

  "Al Gore | The Most Important Truth. The Power of Your Own Voice". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• The truth is that climate change is presenting the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced.

  Al Gore

  Challenges, Humanity, Truth Is

  "Al Gore | The Most Important Truth. The Power of Your Own Voice". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• The truth is that we're at a critical juncture in the history of our species and if we don't act soon, we could inhabit a world we don't recognize anymore. But the most important truth is that we are capable of stopping climate change before the worst of its consequences are locked in. The solutions exist - all we need is the will to do something about it.

  Al Gore

  Important, Needs, Stopping

  "Al Gore | The Most Important Truth. The Power of Your Own Voice". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• There's not a lot of precedent for weird, bald musicians in the Lower East Side making records in their bedrooms and going on to sell a lot of copies of the record. Especially if you look at the pop climate.

  Moby

  Musician, East, Looks

  "David Bowie EW Cover: Inside David Bowie and Moby's out-of-this-world 2002 tour". Interview with Jeff Gordinier, ew.com. January 11, 2016.

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• By looking the other way on climate change we facilitate a collective denial, and we do it for each other.

  Margaret D. Klein

  Denial, Way, Collectives

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Climate change has been associated so much with a peaceful mentality - obviously peace and love are good, but we need to think about climate as a threat to survival.

  Margaret D. Klein

  Thinking, Peaceful, Survival

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• It is rarely comfortable to talk about climate change. Bringing something difficult up, it feels like somehow by mentioning this I'm kind of causing it, I'm hurting these people. But you're not hurting these people; climate change is hurting these people. You're telling them they're being hurt.

  Margaret D. Klein

  Hurt, People, Kind

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• There are a lot of reasons people don't talk about climate change. One of them has to do with the language of science, and people feeling not competent about this issue.

  Margaret D. Klein

  Issues, People, Feelings

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I think it's very important to invite and encourage people to talk about climate change who have a lay understanding. In general, there is a lot of confusion among climate activists about the role of science, that scientists should be social and political leaders of this movement.

  Margaret D. Klein

  Thinking, Confusion, People

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I think 99% of climate scientists would agree that we need to reduce emissions as quickly as possible, and then begin removing greenhouse gasses and carbon from the air. And if we don't do that we are looking at some range of catastrophe.

  Margaret D. Klein

  Thinking, Air, Needs

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• While the American people have the impression that scientists are hard at work figuring out this complex matter of climate change, it's not actually that complicated.

  Margaret D. Klein

  People, Matter, Complicated

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Psychologically speaking, the rational, healthy response to climate change is to say to oneself, "What can I do about this?" But that question is often answered through individual action.

  Margaret D. Klein

  Healthy, Action, Individual

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Climate change is the sine qua non of continued civilization. We either solve this, or it's lights out. Turning into a collective like that is so much more aligned with how humans live and think and change.

  Margaret D. Klein

  Thinking, Light, Civilization

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• The problem is so severe that trying to say, "First we'll fix the government and then we'll tackle climate change," or, "First we have to figure out alternative systems to capitalism and then we'll tackle climate change," I don't see how those things are possible in the very short term.

  Margaret D. Klein

  Government, Trying, Firsts

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Taking fear seriously is not easy. A lot of people's response to fear is "Don't worry so much, it's crazy." But some things absolutely deserve our fear, and climate change is first among them.

  Margaret D. Klein

  Crazy, Worry, People

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• With climate change, of course there are things to grieve. I certainly grieved that the vision that I had for my life, that I would be a clinical psychologist and write books and have a family, that that was not going to happen, because if the world is collapsing around you, it just doesn't seem that appealing anymore.

  Margaret D. Klein

  Book, Writing, Grieving

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I used to be a lot more afraid of climate change. Now I spend my time working, planning, trying to move forward.

  Margaret D. Klein

  Moving Forward, Trying, Planning

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Social movements throughout history take place in people's minds. If we got 5,000 Americans who were talking about climate change to their neighbors and to their coworkers, and talking about this pledge, that would change the political and social landscape so much more than if 5,000 people got arrested for protesting a pipeline.

  Margaret D. Klein

  Talking, People, Political

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• For Christians, doing something about climate change is about living out our faith - caring for those who need help, our neighbors here at home or on the other side of the world, and taking responsibility for this planet that God created and entrusted to us.

  Katharine Hayhoe

  Christian, Responsibility, Home

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• My faith tells me that God does want people to understand climate change and do something about it.

  Katharine Hayhoe

  People, Doe, Want

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• The word "evangelist" means someone who spreads good news. Studying the impacts of climate change as I do, it's hard to come up with good news. In many ways I feel more like a Cassandra or a Jeremiah than a good-news evangelist.

  Katharine Hayhoe

  Mean, Impact, News

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I don't think there are any churches that have "Thou shalt not believe in climate change" written in their actual statement of faith.

  Katharine Hayhoe

  Believe, Thinking, Church

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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