“If the EPA continues unabated, jobs will be shipped to China and India as energy costs skyrocket. Most of the media attention has focused on the EPA's efforts to regulate climate-change emissions, but that is just the beginning.” IfsJobsEnergyEffortAttentionMediaCostIndiaClimateClimate ChangeChinaFocusedEmissionsEpaChina And India Author:Fred Upton
“With climate change and health crises rightfully receiving international attention, the time has come to focus on hunger as a top priority. WHO regards hunger and malnutrition as the gravest threat to public health, and climate change threatens to further destabilise already fragile food-production systems.” AttentionFocusRegardCrisisThreatClimateClimate ChangeInternationalHungerProductionsPrioritiesFragileReceivingPublic HealthMalnutritionTop PrioritiesFood Production Author:Josette Sheeran
“Most people out there are just trying to keep their job and provide for their family. If climate change is now a once-in-a-mortgage problem, and if food prices start to spike, people will pay attention.” PeopleIfsTryingProblemJobsPayAttentionClimateClimate ChangePay AttentionMortgage Author:David Titley
“The poorest people in the world (particularly in low-lying areas) will suffer the most if we do not take action on climate change... that calls for any tactic that might call attention to the problem.” PeopleIfsWorldProblemMightActionLyingSufferingChangeAttentionLowsAreasClimateClimate ChangeTacticsPoorest Author:Jason David Frank
“Preservation of the environment, promotion of sustainable development and particular attention to climate change are matters of grave concern for the entire human family. No nation or business sector can ignore the ethical implications present in all economic and social development. With increasing clarity scientific research demonstrates that the impact of human actions in any one place or region can have worldwide effects.” HumansMatterActionNationsSocialAttentionEnvironmentEconomicEffectsParticularDevelopmentResearchConcernImpactClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeGravesClarityRegionsEthicalSustainabilityPreservationPromotionImplicationsSustainable DevelopmentSocial DevelopmentScientific ResearchHuman ActionsHuman Family Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Oceans need more attention because climate change IS an ocean issue. Our oceans will be the first victim, and sea life will suffer dramatically. Detailed proof is hard in ocean science, but I think we're already seeing big ocean changes caused by climate change, such as starvation of whales, seabirds, and other animals off the coast US west coast.” ThinkingNeedsFirstsHardBigsSufferingAnimalAttentionIssuesSeeingSeaOceanVictimWestClimateClimate ChangeProofCoastStarvationWhalesWest CoastSea Life Author:Mark Powell
“Civil disobedience can help to focus attention on a particular injustice. It was used historically to highlight wrongs in society - turning ancient redwood forests into paper towels or preventing people from sitting down at lunch counters because of the color of their skin. On climate change, we have not seen strong leadership coming from Washington, DC.In particular the president has an enormous opportunity to follow up on his inaugural speech with a concerted course of action to aggressively take on a clean energy transition.” PeopleHelpingActionUsedCoursesOpportunityEnergyStrongPresidentAttentionFocusParticularColorSpeechPaperSittingSkinsCleanClimateClimate ChangeInjusticeAncientEnormousForestsTransitionLunchDisobediencePreventingCivil DisobedienceHighlightsSitting DownTowelsClean EnergyInauguralWashington DcRedwoodsFollow UpInaugural SpeechPaper Towels Author:Michael Brune