“Climate change has happened because of human behaviour, therefore it’s only natural it should be us, human beings, to address this issue. It may not be too late if we take decisive actions today.” IfsShouldHumansMayTodayActionNaturalHuman BeingsIssuesHappenedLateClimateClimate ChangeAddressesToo LateBehaviourHuman BehaviourDecisive Action Author:Ban Ki-moon
“Thus, human beings are now carrying out a large scale geophysical experiment of the kind that could not have happened in the past...Within a few centuries we are returning to the atmosphere and oceans the concentrated organic carbon stored in sedimentary rocks over hundreds of millions of years.” YearsHumansKindPastEnergyHuman BeingsMillionsEnvironmentHappenedRocksCenturyOceanClimate ChangeScalesExperimentsAtmosphereCarbonLarge Scale Author:Roger Revelle
“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.” IfsInspirationalHumansHappensHuman BeingsHappenedSafeAssumingClimateEverydayClimate ChangeVulnerableExceptionConfusingUnprecedentedImprobable Author:Al Gore
“My goal was to have as many of the primary sources as I could made available for people to look at and understand. Climate change is probably the most important thing that's ever happened, and yet people's understanding of it and its history remains a little fuzzy.” PeopleLooksLittlesMadeImportantUnderstandingGoalHappenedSourceRemainsImportant ThingsClimateClimate ChangeAvailablePrimariesFuzzyPrimary Source Author:Bill McKibben
“Climate change has always been sort of my main focus. I think also with [what happened in Fukushima, Japan] there's still a lot to think about in terms of what's coming down the pike into the world's oceans, too.” ThinkingWorldStillsTermFocusHappenedOceanClimateClimate ChangeJapanFukushima Author:Rufus Wainwright