“We are willing to uphold principles that have resulted in unprecedented prosperity and security throughout Europe and around the world. With the threat of climate change only becoming more urgent, Angela [Merkel] and I focused on the need for American and E.U. leadership to advance global cooperation.” WorldNeedsPrinciplesSecurityWillingBecomingEuropeThreatClimateClimate ChangeProsperityFocusedAround The WorldCooperationUrgentUnprecedentedBecoming MoreAngela Author:Barack Obama
“Europe is dying. That is one of the unsayable truths of our time. We are undergoing the moral equivalent of climate change and no one is talking about it.” TalkingMoralDyingEuropeClimateClimate ChangeOur Time Author:Jonathan Sacks
“Winter regularly takes many more lives than any heat wave: 25,000 to 50,000 each year die in Britain from excess cold. Across Europe, there are six times more cold-related deaths than heat-related deaths...by 2050...Warmer temperatures will save 1.4 million lives each year.” YearsDiesEnergyMillionsEnvironmentColdDiseaseSixEuropeWinterClimate ChangeWaveHeatRelatedBritainExcessTemperatureHeat Wave Author:Bjorn Lomborg
“Responding to the challenge of climate change is the ultimate political test for our generation...Our package not only responds to this challenge, but...is an opportunity that should create thousands of new businesses and millions of jobs in Europe.” ShouldJobsPoliticalOpportunityEnergyChallengesMillionsEnvironmentGenerationsEuropeTestsUltimateClimateClimate ChangePackagesRespondingOur GenerationNew Business Author:Jose Manuel Barroso
“Europe cannot solve this alone. We need stronger U.S. activity on the climate change issue if we are going to move forward. We are trying to do what we can to convince them to be more active on this.” IfsNeedsTryingMovingEnergyIssuesEnvironmentActivityEuropeStrongerClimateClimate ChangeSolveActiveMoving ForwardConvince Author:Anders Borg
“Climate Change led to the Vikings dominating Europe for several hundred years.” YearsHundredEuropeClimateClimate ChangeVikingsDominating Author:Morgan Griffith
“In Europe, where climate change absolutism is at its strongest, the quasi-religion of greenery in general and the climate change issue in particular have filled the vacuum of organised religion, with reasoned questioning of its mantras regarded as a form of blasphemy.” FormIssuesParticularEuropeFilledClimateClimate ChangeGlobal WarmingStrongestQuestioningVacuumsMantrasBlasphemyOrganisedAbsolutismGreeneryOrganised Religion Author:Nigel Lawson
“First, we must stop wasting energy. A quarter of the UK's carbon emissions come from the home. Our housing stock - the oldest in Europe - is costing us the earth... After transport, heating is the second biggest driver of energy demand in Britain. British Gas research suggests that householders who put in energy efficiency measures cut their gas consumption by 44%. Better insulated buildings will do much of the work for us.” FirstsHomeEarthEnergyCuttingBuildingDemandResearchEuropeClimate ChangeBritishBritainGasDriversQuartersConsumptionEfficiencyCarbonHousingTransportEmissionsHeatingCarbon EmissionsEnergy Efficiency Author:Chris Huhne