“The climate of this planet has been changing since God put the planet here. It will always change, and the warming in the last 10 years is not much difference than the warming we saw in the 1930s and other decades. And, lets not forget we are at the end of the ice age in which ice covered most of North America and Northern Europe.” YearsHas BeensEndsAgeLastsAmericaDifferencesForgetSawsPlanetsEuropeClimateDecadesIceCovered1930sNorth AmericaIce Age Author:James Spann
“There are definitely recurring themes in humanity's relationship with our environment. The biggest is probably adaptation, because humans are incredibly good at adapting to new environments in relatively short periods of time. The ancestors of Homo sapiens started leaving Africa over one million years ago, moving from warm, tropical climates into the freezing wilderness of Europe and the desert ecosystems of the Middle East.” YearsHumansMovingHumanityMillionsEnvironmentMiddlePeriodsEuropeYears AgoClimateLeavingWarmEastDesertThemeWildernessAncestorMiddle EastAdaptationOur EnvironmentHomo SapiensEcosystemsAdaptingFreezingTropicalRecurringNew EnvironmentRecurring Themes Author:Annalee Newitz
“If there is a series of attacks like that or, God forbid, if ISIS is really sending soldiers across Europe and maybe across the world for a barrage of these things, then the political climate is revolutionized here. And maybe the [Donald] Trump speech will look like a precursor to a climate that we're all about to walk into.” IfsWorldLooksPoliticalWalksTrumpSpeechEuropeSeriesClimateSoldierIsisPrecursor Author:David Brooks
“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
“Here I am on the shore of Brittany. Let the cities light up in the evening. My day is done. I am leaving Europe. The sea air will burn my lungs. Lost climates will tan me. I will swim, trample the grass, hung, and smoke especially. I will drink alcohol as strong as boiling metal--just as my dear ancestors did around their fires.” DoneLightLostStrongCitiesFireAirSeaDrinkEuropeClimateLeavingDearAlcoholEveningSmokeGrassSwimShoreMetalsAncestorHungLungsHere I AmLight UpBoilingBrittanyCity LightsSea Air Author:Arthur Rimbaud
“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
“The bleak truth is that, under normal conditions, most of North America and Europe are buried under about 1.5km of ice. This bitterly frigid climate is interrupted occasionally by brief warm interglacials, typically lasting less than 10,000 years. The interglacial we have enjoyed throughout recorded human history, called the Holocene, began 11,000 years ago, so the ice is overdue, Chapman wrote. All those urging action to curb global warming need to take off the blinkers and give some thought to what we should do if we are facing global cooling instead.” IfsNeedsGivingShouldYearsHumansActionAmericaConditionsTruth IsNormalEuropeYears AgoClimateWarmIceEnjoyedGlobal WarmingLastingBuriedHuman HistoryInterruptedBleakNorth AmericaCurbOverdueCoolingFrigidBlinkers Author:Philip K. Chapman