“I’ve often said that global climate change is an issue where no one has the luxury of being “half-pregnant.” You either are or you aren’t. And so it is with climate change. You either understand and accept the science – or you don’t. Folks this isn’t a cafeteria where you can pick and choose and accept the science that tells us what is happening, but then reject the science that warns us what will happen.” SaidHappensHalfAcceptingIssuesHappeningsPicksClimateClimate ChangeFolksLuxuryRejectsPregnantCafeteria Author:John F. Kerry
“What's happening with the planet's climate right now needs to be a wake-up call to all of us, meaning all heads of state, all heads of social organizations, in order to take a more energetic approach to countering the global changes to the climate.” NeedsStatesOrderSocialPlanetsRight NowApproachHappeningsOrganizationWake UpClimateClimate ChangeEnergeticWake Up CallHead Of StateSocial Organization Author:Dmitry Medvedev
“There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.” HumansHappeningsClimateClimate Change Author:David Attenborough
“There are folks who will equivocate. They'll say, 'You know, I'm not a scientist.' Well, I'm not either. But the best scientists in the world know that climate change is happening.” KnowsWorldWellsChangeHappeningsScientistClimateClimate ChangeFolks Author:Barack Obama
“We're facing enormous changes in our planetary life, with climate change and the adaptations that all natural systems are going to have to make to these climate changes, and so it's extremely important to bear witness to what's happening.” ImportantNaturalBearsHappeningsClimateClimate ChangeEnormousWitnessAdaptation Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“There's something really happening and really moving, and it's exciting and it makes me very optimistic because it is going to be the engine for how we really combat climate change. Which is strong communities.” MovingStrongCommunityHappeningsExcitingClimateClimate ChangeOptimisticCombatEnginesStrong Community Author:Josh Fox
“The question is not, "Is climate change happening?" Nor is the question, "Is climate change man-made?" Rather, we need to realize itʼs already here, and start asking, "What are we going to do about it?"” MenNeedsMadeRealizingHappeningsAskingClimateClimate Change Author:Jeff Orlowski
“In the primary debates for the 2016 election, every single Republican candidate was a climate change denier, with one exception, John Kasich - the "rational moderate" - who said it may be happening but we shouldn't do anything about it. For a long time, the media have downplayed the issue.” MayLongSaidIssuesMediaRepublicanLong TimeHappeningsElectionClimateClimate ChangeDebateRationalPrimariesCandidatesExceptionModeratesClimate Change Deniers Author:Noam Chomsky
“Climate scientists think of nothing but climate and then express their concerns in terms of constructs such as global mean surface temperature. But we live in a world in which all sorts of change is happening all the time, and the only way to understand what climate change will bring is to tell stories about how it manifests in people's lives.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayMeanStoriesTermHappeningsConcernScientistClimateClimate ChangeSurfaceConstructsTemperature Author:Dale Jamieson
“I have voted that climate change is happening and it's also caused by man.” MenHappeningsClimateClimate Change Author:Mark Kirk
“Climate change is so unimaginable that most Americans deny it's happening.” HappeningsClimateClimate ChangeDenyUnimaginable Author:David Swanson
“Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.” ThinkingHumansIssuesSeriousHappeningsClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeEnvironmental IssuesSerious IssuesChanging Environment Author:Bill Nye
“I talk to fashion designers and say I want some money to save the rainforest, and they say, 'Oh, I agree with you completely Vivienne. Yes, climate change, it's definitely happening,' but they don't feel that they can do anything about it; they don't even think 'Well let's stop it!'” ThinkingWantFeelsWellsCan DoFashionHappeningsAgreeClimateClimate ChangeDesignerFashion DesignerRainforest Author:Vivienne Westwood