Quotes About Climate

Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and accords greater respect to those with greater expertise. With one exception: climate science.

Justin Trudeau certainly understands climate science, as do his ministers. But they're refusing to take action on it because of short-term political concerns.

Those who say that climate change doesn't exist are being understood as the flat-earthers that they are, as the people who deny the link between smoking and cancer, as the people who denied the link between HIV and AIDS.

I have been described as the grandfather of climate change. In fact, I am just a grandfather and I do not want my grandchildren to say that grandpa understood what was happening but didn't make it clear.

The Arctic is among the least understood places on the planet; however, we do know that its landscape is changing and evolving as quickly as cell phones and the Internet.

The climate has always changed - after all, we've had numerous ice ages without human influence - but human activity has undoubtedly exacerbated Earth's natural trends beyond its capacity to adjust.

Unfortunately, things are different in climate science because the arguments have become heavily politicised. To say that the dogmas are wrong has become politically incorrect.

We unfortunately already live on a planet where the climate has changed and will continue to change no matter what we do now. We're playing a game of making the problem less bad rather than preventing it.

If we took away barriers to women's leadership, we would solve the climate change problem a lot faster

Maturity is most rapid in the low latitudes, where pineapples and women most do thrive.

I have a friend named Doris who argues, on good authority, that the single biggest cause of global warming is menopause.

There is a need to spread more awareness about environmental issues.

St. Louis and communities across the nation need the Green New Deal for Cities.

Sea ice conditions have remained stable in Antarctica generally.

I think that an advanced planetary civilization will modify their own planets to be more stable, to prevent asteroid impacts and dangerous climate fluctuations.

You may or may not agree with Obama's policy prescriptions, but they are, by and large, serious attempts to deal with the biggest issues we face: a failing health care system, oil dependency, income stagnation, and climate change.

The higher the stakes, the more responsible we have to be. It was with this in mind that I began to build my Green Economy and Climate Agenda.

Yes, Brazil, like the whole world, stands to lose a lot in a climate-altered world. But it's also one of the major forces determining our future: It's the home of most of the Amazon rain forest.

The question that stands in the foreground is not 'Do we need this technology?' No one denies the great chances and the great opportunities that we have in the fight against poverty, the handling of climate issues, the fight against sickness.

It's the arrogance of man to think that man can change the climate of the world. Only nature can change the climate. A volcano, for instance.

In countries where there is a mild climate, less effort is expended on the struggle with nature and man is kinder and more gentle.

The climate system is being pushed hard enough that change will become obvious to the man in the street in the next decade.

He (Jeremy Clarkson) is the last man standing on the beach commanding the glaciers' melt waters to go back

What men call gallantry, and gods adultery, is much more common where the climate's sultry.