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This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands.
Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation?
Global warming is not a conqueror to kneel before - but a challenge to rise to. A challenge we must rise to.
One can see from space how the human race has changed the Earth. Nearly all of the available land has been cleared of forest and is now used for agriculture or urban development. The polar icecaps are shrinking and the desert areas are increasing. At night, the Earth is no longer dark, but large areas are lit up. All of this is evidence that human exploitation of the planet is reaching a critical limit. But human demands and expectations are ever-increasing. We cannot continue to pollute the atmosphere, poison the ocean and exhaust the land. There isn't any more available.
Cigarette smoking is a significant contributor to global warming!
With all of the hysteria, all of the fear, all of the phony science, could it be that man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people? It sure sounds like it.
Global warming is no longer a philosophical threat, no longer a future threat, no longer a threat at all. It's our reality.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
The 'global warming scare' is being used as a political tool to increase government control over American lives, incomes and decision making. It has no place in the Society's activities.
The whole global warming thing is created to destroy America's free enterprise system and our economic stability.
Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.
The facts are there that we have created, man has, a self-inflicted wound that man has created through global warming.
NASA's Aqua satellite is showing that water vapor, the dominant greenhouse gas, works to offset the effect of carbon dioxide - CO2. This information, contrary to the assumption used in all the warming models, is ignored by global warming alarmists.
The single greatest problem the world has is nuclear armament, nuclear weapons, not global warming.
As a geologist, I love Earth observations, but it is ridiculous to tie this objective to a 'consensus' that humans are causing global warming when human experience, geologic data and history, and current cooling can argue otherwise. 'Consensus,' as many have said, merely represents the absence of definitive science. You know as well as I, the 'global warming scare' is being used as a political tool to increase government control over American lives, incomes and decision making.
As someone who lived under communism for most of my life I feel obliged to say that the biggest threat to freedom, democracy, the market economy and prosperity at the beginning of the 21st century is not communism or its various softer variants. Communism was replaced by the threat of ambitious environmentalism.
The warnings about global warming have been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate crisis. It is deepening. We are entering a period of consequences.
Unless we take action on climate change, future generations will be roasted, toasted, fried and grilled.
NASA should be at the forefront in the collection of scientific evidence and debunking the current hysteria over human-caused, or Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW). Unfortunately, it is becoming just another agency caught up in the politics of global warming, or worse, politicized science.
Global warming - at least the modern nightmare vision - is a myth. I am sure of it and so are a growing number of scientists. But what is really worrying is that the world's politicians and policy makers are not.
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 is not just whistling in the wind. Global warming is for real. Every scientist knows that now, and we are on our way to the destruction of every species on earth, if we don't pay attention and reverse our course.
If it were only a few degrees, that would be serious, but we could adapt to it. But the danger is the warming process might be unstable and run away. We could end up like Venus, covered in clouds and with the surface temperature of 400 degrees. It could be too late if we wait until the bad effects of warming become obvious. We need action now to reduce emission of carbon dioxide.
Here is the truth: The Earth is round; Saddam Hussein did not attack us on 9/11; Elvis is dead; Obama was born in the United States; and the climate crisis is real.
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54 Inspirational and Shocking Quotes on Climate Change
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What are you doing to combat the adverse effects of climate change? Here are some famous quotes on climate change that help motivate people to act on this issue.
Leaders all over the globe, scientists, as well as a good number of the world’s population have realized the need to talk and act upon this issue.
Brilliant minds have come up with incredible quotes on climate change that may help people to understand the need for change.
List of best quotes about climate change and the environment
If we don’t take charge of our actions and continue destroying our environment, nature will surely hit back. That’s not a secret anymore.
We need to find sustainable ways to save nature. Here are some quotes about climate change written by various individuals from all corners of this beautiful planet.
Inspirational quotes about climate change
This section will include some of the most inspirational quotes on how to save the environment and combat climate change.
1. “Even if you never have the chance to see or touch the ocean, the ocean touches you with every breath you take, every drop of water you drink, every bite you consume. Everyone everywhere is inextricably connected to and utterly dependent upon the existence of the sea.” – Sylvia Earle
2. “If you really think that the environment is less important than the economy, try holding your breath while you count your money.” – Guy McPherson
3. “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” – Albert Einstein
4. “One of the biggest obstacles to making a start on climate change is that it has become a cliché before it has even been understood.” – Tim Flannery
5. “Twenty-five years ago, people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing much, about climate change. Today we have no excuse.” – Desmond Tutu
6. “Climate change is the environmental challenge of this generation, and it is imperative that we act before it’s too late.” – John Delaney
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7. “Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth… these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security, and women’s empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all.” – Ban Ki-moon
8. “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children.” – Native American Proverb
9. “We are the first generation to feel the sting of climate change, and we are the last generation that can do something about it.” – Jay Inslee
10. “All things share the same breath – the beast, the tree, the man. The air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.” – Chief Seattle
12. “Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.” – Bill Nye
11. “We must face up to an inescapable reality: the challenges of sustainability simply overwhelm the adequacy of our responses. With some honorable exceptions, our responses are too few, too little, and too late.” – Kofi A. Annan
13. “Climate change is sometimes misunderstood as being about changes in the weather. In reality, it is about changes in our very way of life.” – Paul Polman
14. “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
15. “Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are – rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call ‘global challenges,’ which require global solidarity.” – Ban Ki-moon
16. “Wind and other clean, renewable energy will help end our reliance on fossil fuels and combat the severe threat that climate change poses to humans and wildlife alike.” – Frances Beinecke
17. “If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.” – David Suzuki
18. “We can be thankful President Barack Obama is taking aim at one of the prime causes of climate change and extreme weather: air pollution. The EPA’s carbon pollution standards are the most significant step forward our country has ever taken to protect our health by addressing climate change.” – Donna Brazile
Real but shocking quotes on climate change
Although many people don’t take climate change seriously, there is a significant portion of the population who know and realize its devastating effects.
Here are some famous quotes on climate change said by great minds and which may help us realize what our actions affect our existence.
19. “The cost of our success is the exhaustion of natural resources, leading to energy crises, climate change, pollution, and the destruction of our habitat. If you exhaust natural resources, there will be nothing left for your children. If we continue in the same direction, humankind is headed for some frightful ordeals, if not extinction.” – Christian de Duve
20. “Climate change, in some regions, has aggravated conflict over scarce land, and could well trigger large-scale migration in the decades ahead. And rising sea levels put at risk the very survival of all small island states. These and other implications for peace and security have implications for the United Nations itself.” – Ban Ki-moon
21. “When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential rhythm. Yes, fall gives us a premonition of winter, but then, winter will be forced to relent, once again, to the new beginnings of soft greens, longer light, and the sweet air of spring.” – Madeleine M. Kunin
22. “If you don’t act against climate change, then no matter how much money you leave for your children, it’ll not even cover their healthcare bills, due to living in an unhealthy planet.” – Abhijit Naskar
23. “I have long understood that climate change is not only an environmental issue – it is a humanitarian, economic, health, and justice issue as well.” – Frances Beinecke
24. “As human beings, we are vulnerable to confusing the unprecedented with the improbable. In our everyday experience, if something has never happened before, we are generally safe in assuming it is not going to happen in the future, but the exceptions can kill you, and climate change is one of those exceptions.” – Al Gore
25. “Climate change is a global problem. The planet is warming because of the growing level of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity. If this trend continues, truly catastrophic consequences are likely to ensue from rising sea levels to reduced water availability, to more heat waves and fires.” – Malcolm Turnbull
26. “There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.” – David Attenborough
27. “The shift to a cleaner energy economy won’t happen overnight, and it will require tough choices along the way. But the debate is settled. Climate change is a fact.” – Barack Obama
28. “The world that you and I live in is increasingly challenged. Population growth, pollution, over-consumption, unsustainable patterns, social conflict, climate change, loss of nature… these are not good stories.” – Jack Dangermond
29. “Climate change is destroying our path to sustainability. Ours is a world of looming challenges and increasingly limited resources. Sustainable development offers the best chance to adjust our course”. – Ban Ki-moon
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30. “Anybody who doesn’t see the impact of climate change is really, and I would say, myopic. They don’t see the reality. It’s so evident that we are destroying Mother Earth. This is not the problem of one country or a few countries: it is the problem of mankind. We need to work together to stop this. Otherwise, our future generations will simply disappear.” – Juan Manuel Santos
31. “The warnings about global warming have been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate crisis. It is deepening. We are entering a period of consequences.” – Al Gore
32. “We are all living together on a single planet, which is threatened by our own actions. And if you don’t have some kind of global cooperation, nationalism is just not on the right level to tackle the problems, whether it’s climate change or whether it’s technological disruption.” – Yuval Noah Harari
33. “The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on fossil fuels and we need to find a new, sustainable path to the future we want. We need a clean industrial revolution.” – Ban Ki-moon
34. “Climate change, if unchecked, is an urgent threat to health, food supplies, biodiversity , and livelihoods across the globe.” – John F. Kerry
35. “Climate change is a result of the greatest market failure the world has seen We risk damages on a scale larger than the two world wars of the last century.” – Sir Nicholas Stern
36. “By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited… The carbon gets up there, but the heating effect is delayed. And then the effect of that heat on the species and ecosystem is delayed. That means that even when you turn virtuous, things are actually going to get worse for quite a while.” – Bill Gates
37. “I play fictitious characters often solving fictitious problems. I believe mankind has looked at climate change in the same way, as if it were fiction.” – Leonardo DiCaprio
38. “We can’t take climate change and put it on the back burner. If we don’t address climate change, we won’t be around as humans.” – Conrad Anker
39. “We cannot compromise with the earth; we cannot compromise with the catastrophe of unchecked climate change, so we must compromise with one another.” – Gordon Brown
40. “To put it in more shocking terms, it doesn’t matter if the skeptics are right or not, because the assumptions on which the debate is based are already enough to doom us to a dystopian future.” – Charles Eisenstein
41. “The general population doesn’t know what’s happening, and it doesn’t even know that it doesn’t know.” – Noam Chomsky
Short thought-provoking quotes on climate change
Lastly, here are some intriguing short quotes on climate change.
42. “The Earth is a fine place and worth fighting for.” – Ernest Hemingway
43. “We are living on this planet as if we had another one to go to.” – Terri Swearingen
44. “I’d be stunned, shocked, and amazed if there were a human being on the planet in 2030.” – Guy R. McPherson
45. “The Earth should not be a worse place after my life than it was when I was born here.” – Rob Stewart
46. “God gave us the earth, to till and to keep in a balanced and respectful way.” – Pope Francis
47. “Climate change is the most severe problem that we are facing today, more serious even than the threat of terrorism.” – David King
48. “A planet being pushed to the edge will eventually turn on us.” – Marco Lambertini
49. “The planet will continue to cook.” – Paul Krugman
50. “Climatism is the belief that man-made greenhouse gases are destroying Earth’s climate.” – Steve Goreham
51. “The facts are there that we have created, man has, a self-inflicted wound that man has created through global warming.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
52. “We are running out of time, and we must have a planetary solution to a planetary crisis.” – Al Gore
53. “The future will be green or not at all.” – Jonathon Porritt
54. “There is no such thing as ‘away’. So, when we throw anything away, it must go somewhere.” – Annie Leonard
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Conclusion on quotes on climate change
To sum up the list of quotes on climate change we can only say that, there is much that has been said about climate change, but less has been done.
Therefore, I believe there is still much to do, and these quotes on climate change will help us all take nature with the seriousness it deserves. Move to wind and solar energy for free?
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55+ Best Climate Change Quotes to Inspire Action for the Environment
These climate change quotes are perfect for reminding us to keep up the good fight, or for inspiring us to take action for the environment. get motivated with our quotes on sustainability, saving the planet, recycling, and more below.
Even the best climate change quotes about the environment aren’t solutions to this crisis.
However, they can inspire action and remind us what’s at stake.
In this post, we scoured the web for the best quotes about climate change, saving the environment, and sustainability.
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Here are the best climate change quotes and inspirational quotes about the environment:
We are all living together on a single planet, which is threatened by our own actions. And if you don’t have some kind of global cooperation, nationalism is just not on the right level to tackle the problems, whether it’s climate change or whether it’s technological disruption. Yuval Noah Harari
This is not a partisan debate; it is a human one. Clean air and water, and a livable climate are inalienable human rights. And solving this crisis is not a question of politics. It is our moral obligation. Leonardo DiCaprio
If you really think that the environment is less important than the economy, try holding your breath while you count your money. Guy McPherson
Climate change is sometimes misunderstood as being about changes in the weather. In reality, it is about changes in our very way of life. Paul Polman
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. Jane Goodall
I want you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is. Greta Thunberg
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By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited… The carbon gets up there, but the heating effect is delayed. And then the effect of that heat on the species and ecosystem is delayed. That means that even when you turn virtuous, things are actually going to get worse for quite a while. Bill Gates
We can’t take climate change and put it on the back burner. If we don’t address climate change, we won’t be around as humans. Conrad Anker
We have a single mission: to protect and hand on the planet to the next generation. François Hollande
We are the first generation to feel the sting of climate change, and we are the last generation that can do something about it. Jay Inslee
The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything. Albert Einstein
The time is past when humankind thought it could selfishly draw on exhaustible resources. We know now the world is not a commodity, is not a source of revenue; it’s a common good, it’s our heritage. And the consequences of climate change are fully known now – we’re not talking about theories anymore, we’re talking about certainties. François Hollande
I play fictitious characters often solving fictitious problems. I believe mankind has looked at climate change in the same way, as if it were fiction. Leonardo DiCaprio
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Even if you never have the chance to see or touch the ocean, the ocean touches you with every breath you take, every drop of water you drink, every bite you consume. Everyone, everywhere is inextricably connected to and utterly dependent upon the existence of the sea. Sylvia Earle
Climate change is a global problem. The planet is warming because of the growing level of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity. If this trend continues, truly catastrophic consequences are likely to ensue from rising sea levels to reduced water availability, to more heat waves and fires. Malcolm Turnbull
While the problem can sometimes seem overwhelming, we can turn things around — but we must move beyond climate talk to climate action. Ted Turner
We cannot burn our way to the future. We cannot pretend the danger does not exist — or dismiss it because it affects someone else. Ban Ki-moon
Men argue. Nature acts. Voltaire
The environment is where we all meet; where all of us have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share. Lady Bird Johnson
The future will be green or not at all. Jonathon Porritt
If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us. David Suzuki
Twenty-five years ago people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing much, about climate change. Today we have no excuse. Desmond Tutu
We are living on this planet as if we had another one to go to. Terri Swearingen
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All things share the same breath — the beast, the tree, the man. The air shares its spirit with all the life it supports. Chief Seattle
Climate change, if unchecked, is an urgent threat to health, food supplies, biodiversity, and livelihoods across the globe. John F. Kerry
I’m often asked whether I believe in global warming. I now just reply with the question: Do you believe in gravity? Neil deGrasse Tyson
Climate change is destroying our path to sustainability. Ours is a world of looming challenges and increasingly limited resources. Sustainable development offers the best chance to adjust our course. Ban Ki-moon
Climate change isn’t something in the future. That narrative is fundamentally flawed because there are millions impacted and so many displaced already. That is the new inconvenient truth that no one wants to hear. Aneesa Khan
There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it. David Attenborough
Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us. Bill Nye
We are running out of time, and we must have a planetary solution to a planetary crisis. Al Gore
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Wind and other clean, renewable energy will help end our reliance on fossil fuels and combat the severe threat that climate change poses to humans and wildlife alike. Frances Beinecke
Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth… these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security, and women’s empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all. Ban Ki-moon
People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change. Desmond Tutu
The Earth is a fine place and worth fighting for. Ernest Hemingway
We must face up to an inescapable reality: the challenges of sustainability simply overwhelm the adequacy of our responses. With some honorable exceptions, our responses are too few, too little, and too late. Kofi A. Annan
The cost of our success is the exhaustion of natural resources, leading to energy crises, climate change, pollution , and the destruction of our habitat. If you exhaust natural resources, there will be nothing left for your children. If we continue in the same direction, humankind is headed for some frightful ordeals, if not extinction. Christian de Duve
There’s one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent threat of a changing climate. Barack Obama
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The climate is changing. The proper political debate would be how to deal with these risks. Steven Chu
This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to us young people for hope. How dare you! You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. And yet I’m one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you! Greta Thunberg
This powerful climate change quote comes from Greta Thunberg’s speech at the UN Climate Action Summit. Greta’s passion and honesty always shine through, making her one of the most influential environmental champions of our time.
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Climate change is the most severe problem that we are facing today, more serious even than the threat of terrorism. David King
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The warnings about global warming have been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate crisis. It is deepening. We are entering a period of consequences. Al Gore
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. Native American Proverb
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One of the biggest obstacles to making a start on climate change is that it has become a cliché before it has even been understood. Tim Flannery
If you don’t act against climate change, then no matter how much money you leave for your children, it’ll not even cover their healthcare bills, due to living in an unhealthy planet. Abhijit Naskar
The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on fossil fuels and we need to find a new, sustainable path to the future we want. We need a clean industrial revolution. Ban Ki-moon
The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us, I say – we will never forgive you. Greta Thunberg
The shift to a cleaner energy economy won’t happen overnight, and it will require tough choices along the way. But the debate is settled. Climate change is a fact. Barack Obama
As human beings, we are vulnerable to confusing the unprecedented with the improbable. In our everyday experience, if something has never happened before, we are generally safe in assuming it is not going to happen in the future, but the exceptions can kill you, and climate change is one of those exceptions. Al Gore
Climate change, in some regions, has aggravated conflict over scarce land, and could well trigger large-scale migration in the decades ahead. And rising sea levels put at risk the very survival of all small island states. These and other implications for peace and security have implications for the United Nations itself. Ban Ki-moon
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I have long understood that climate change is not only an environmental issue – it is a humanitarian, economic, health, and justice issue as well. Frances Beinecke
Anybody who doesn’t see the impact of climate change is really, and I would say, myopic. They don’t see the reality. It’s so evident that we are destroying Mother Earth. This is not the problem of one country or a few countries: it is the problem of mankind. We need to work together to stop this. Otherwise, our future generations will simply disappear. Juan Manuel Santos
Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are – rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call ‘global challenges,’ which require global solidarity. Ban Ki-moon
Climate change isn’t an ‘issue’ to add to the list of things to worry about, next to health care and taxes. It is a civilizational wake-up call. A powerful message — spoken in the language of fires, floods, droughts, and extinctions — telling us that we need an entirely new economic model and a new way of sharing this planet. Telling us we need to evolve. Naomi Klein
We must now agree on a binding review mechanism under international law, so that this century can credibly be called a century of decarbonization. Angela Merkel
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We cannot compromise with the earth; we cannot compromise with the catastrophe of unchecked climate change, so we must compromise with one another. Gordon Brown
Climate change is the environmental challenge of this generation, and it is imperative that we act before it’s too late. John Delaney
That’s all our top environment quotes about climate change, sustainability, global warming, and saving the Earth for now, and we hope they help motivate you into action! Check out our other articles on social impact to start or continue making meaningful change.
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Some 150 world leaders from U.S. President Barack Obama to Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga of Tuvalu gathered in Paris on Monday to open a summit meant to secure the world’s most ambitious pact on climate change.
The full list of speakers is available here: http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/paris_nov_2015/application/pdf/leaders_event_speakers_list_cop21_cmp11.pdf
Below are select comments and quotes from the speakers:
U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA:
“As the leader of the world’s largest economy and the second largest (greenhouse gas) emitter … the United States of America not only recognises our role in creating this problem, we embrace our responsibility to do something about it.”
He set out “one possible future” of unchecked global warming: “Submerged countries, abandoned cities, fields that no longer grow. Political disruptions that trigger new conflicts, leaving more floods of desperate people seeking sanctuary in nations not their own.”
CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING:
“Tackling climate change is a shared mission for mankind … Let us join hands to contribute to the establishment of an equitable and effective global mechanism on climate change, work for global sustainable development at a high level and bring about new international relations featuring win-win cooperation.”
Xi said the climate talks must address economic differences between nations and allow different countries to develop their own solutions to the problem of global warming.
POPE FRANCIS:
Asked if the U.N. climate summit in Paris would mark a turning point in the fight against global warming, the pope said: “I am not sure, but I can say to you ‘now or never’.
“Every year the problems are getting worse. We are at the limits. If I may use a strong word I would say that we are at the limits of suicide.”
FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE:
“To resolve the climate crisis, good will, statements of intent are not enough. We are at breaking point.”
Following the Nov. 13 attacks by Islamist militants that killed 130 people in Paris, he added: “I can’t separate the fight with terrorism from the fight against global warming. These are two big global challenges we have to face up to, because we have to leave our children more than a world freed of terror, we also owe them a planet protected from catastrophes.”
INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI:
“Climate justice demands that the little carbon space we still have, developing countries should have enough room to grow,” said Modi, a key player because of his country’s size and its heavy dependence on coal.
PRINCE CHARLES OF BRITAIN:
“If the planet were a patient, we would have treated her long ago. You, ladies and gentlemen, have the power to put her on life support, and you must surely start the emergency procedures without further procrastination.”
“Humanity faces many threats but none is greater than climate change.” he said. “In damaging our climate we are becoming the architects of our own destruction. We have the knowledge, the tools and the money (to solve the crisis).”
GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL:
The aim of the summit was “a binding U.N. framework” and a binding review mechanism to close the gap between the impact on global warming of promised measures and the work required to limit rising temperatures, she said.
U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON:
“I urge you to instruct your negotiators to choose the path of compromise and consensus. Bold climate action is in the national interest of every single country represented at this conference. The time for brinksmanship is over.”
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN:
“We (Russia) have significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time we have managed to double our GDP. We have demonstrated that we can ensure economic development and take care of our environment at the same time.”
Putin said an agreement reached in Paris should be legally binding and should include both developed and developing nations. “Russia will continue to contribute to joint efforts at preventing global warming.”
ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT RAFAEL CORREA:
“An environmental debt needs to be paid.” An international court for environmental justice should be set up. “It is not understandable that we have courts to force countries to pay financial debts but we do not have a court to enforce environmental debts.”
TURKISH PRESIDENT TAYYIP ERDOGAN:
“The international community is on the verge of a new era in combating climate change … Our responsibility is to sign a fair, inclusive and legally binding agreement.”
TUVALU PRIME MINISTER ENELE SOPOAGA:
Governments must show the strongest leadership to limit “the effects of climate change which we strongly believe is also the cause of radicalism and terrorism. The plight of refugees we see today … and increasing terrorisms and radicalism represents a small measure of what the world, mankind, will face if we do not tackle climate change.”
ROBERT MUGABE, PRESIDENT OF ZIMBABWE:
“Developed countries are being miserly … they burden us for cleaning up the mess they have created.”
BARON WAQA, PRESIDENT OF NAURU
“The climate bill has finally come due. Who will pay? Right now it is being paid by the smallest and most vulnerable. We see a small toll exacted every day as our shorelines are surely eroded. Small island communities are among the first to pay the price of climate change but no one will escape forever.”
JUAN HERNANDEZ, PRESIDENT OF HONDURAS:
“For Honduras, climate change is a matter of life and death. The figures don’t add up … we are not all equally responsible.
“We haven’t come cap in hand … we come to show you how much we suffer.”
IKILILOU DHOININE, PRESIDENT OF COMOROS:
“We must accept the reality that climate change is accelerating more quickly than climate change negotiations.”
SAULI NIINISTO, PRESIDENT OF FINLAND:
“Small steps will no longer do. The biggest steps need to be taken by those with the biggest boots.”
TOMMY REMENGESAU, PRESIDENT OF PALAU:
“We need a Paris agreement to include a strong long-term goal and a regular review process … robust transparency rules and a permanent loss and damage mechanism. We must also scale up pre-2020 climate action.”
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Author: Alister Doyle is a writer at Reuters.
Image: Splinters of ice peel off from one of the sides of the Perito Moreno glacier. REUTERS/Andres Forza.
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