Quotes About Climate

One of my top priorities in Congress is to reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels.

We have shared responsibility for global climate; we have to reduce climate change below 2 degrees Celsius.

I'm committed to the goal of Senate Bill 324, and that is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

We are totally schizophrenic. We are trying to reduce emissions, and we subsidize the consumption of fossil fuels.

We must act to reduce the increasingly dangerous and destructive levels of carbon pollution that account for practically all of global climate change.

Our position is that we believe that Canada has to have a comprehensive plan to significantly reduce global emissions.

Nuclear power can continue to help us reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, but we must do everything we can to make it safer.

We have to reenergize our economy so it works for all Americans; invest in our schools so that all our children have the tools they need to compete and succeed in life; rebuild and enhance our infrastructure; and we must reduce carbon pollution and reverse climate change.

State government's efforts to address climate change must include reduced consumption and other conservation measures as water shortages become the new normal.

First and foremost, energy efficiency is a major lever for reducing CO2 emissions along all parts of the energy chain - from the production of resources all the way to final consumption.

We actually all care about the environment, and most people believe in climate change and believe that mankind has something to do with that - how much is scientifically debatable, but there is some effect and we all have an interest in reducing carbon emissions, just having cleaner air, cleaner oceans. It's something we can get behind.

It is impossible to talk about slowing climate change without talking about reducing CO2 emissions. Equally, it is impossible to talk about adapting to climate change without considering how we will feed ourselves. And it is out of the question that we can adapt agriculture without conserving crop diversity.

Irish research will contribute to global progress and have the potential to help all countries realise the potential of their land sectors in addressing climate change - this means reducing emissions, adapting to impacts, and enhancing and improving carbon sinks.

There's no shortage of Democrats who are at least as committed as Schwarzenegger to reducing greenhouse gases.

Climate change is real and we must work to gain public support for addressing it through responsible actions that grow jobs while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The growing evidence of climate change is forcing attention on carbon emissions and their reduction.

We run enormous risks and we know what kind of reductions of greenhouse gases are necessary to drastically reduce risks. Reducing emissions by half by 2050 is roughly in the right ballpark. It would bring us below 550 ppm.

The difference between the Liberals and the Conservatives is that the Conservatives are being honest that what they're planning to do is not going to get us past 30 per cent greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

On climate change, we have only a handful of years to make massive changes, according to the scientists. The politicians have to act, and only the people can make them, because Royal Dutch Shell's not going to do it.

The reality is that de-carbonisation is not happening fast enough.

Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.

We find ourselves heading fully into an era of mass extinction.

The benefits of a healthier diet are far-reaching because they also equate to fewer animals being bred into inhumane factory farm conditions and fewer greenhouse gas emissions.

Decarbonization has already begun, and the appeal of a fossil-fuel-free world is growing - not only because it would limit climate change, but also because it would be more technologically advanced, democratic, resilient, healthy, and economically dynamic.