“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
“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
“We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.” PeopleWayHumansHuman BeingsEducationAgreeClimate Author:Maya Angelou
“Vermont tradition is based on the idea that group life should leave each person as free as possible to arrange his own life. This freedom is the only climate in which (we feel) a human being may create his own happiness. ... Character itself lies deep and secret below the surface, unknown and unknowable by others. It is the mysterious core of life, which every man or woman has to cope with alone, to live with, to conquer and put in order, or to be defeated by.” MenFeelsShouldHumansMayPersonsIdeasCharacterLyingOrderHuman BeingsSecretGroupsTraditionClimateSurfaceCoreEvery ManMysteriousConquerDefeatedVermontBelow The Surface Author:Dorothy Canfield Fisher
“In a world where millions of human beings live in extreme poverty, die of malnutrition and lack medical care, where pandemics continue to kill, it is imperative to pursue good faith disarmament negotiations and to shift budgets away from weapons production, war-mongering, surveillance of private persons and devote available resources to address global challenges including humanitarian relief, environmental protection, climate change mitigation and adaptation, prevention of pandemics, and the development of a green economy.” WorldHumansPersonsWarCareDiesChallengesHuman BeingsPovertyMillionsEconomyDevelopmentWeaponsResourcesGreenClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeIncludingProductionsAvailableExtremesProtectionHumanitarianMedicalPursueBudgetsReliefAddressesGet AwayNegotiationAdaptationImperativesSurveillanceDisarmamentPreventionEnvironmental ProtectionMalnutritionMedical CareGood FaithPandemicsExtreme PovertyGreen Economy Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“The issue of climate change, it really does bring home the fact that we are on one planet, and that some of the impact of what human beings do in one corner of the world is going to affect people in a distant corner of the world. So we may still feel very far from each other, but we are really very close to each other because of the changes we have made with travel and technology and especially the information technology.” PeopleWorldFeelsHumansMayDoeMadeStillsFactsHomeHuman BeingsTechnologyIssuesInformationPlanetsImpactClimateClimate ChangeCornersInformation TechnologyCorners Of The World Author:Wangari Maathai
“If you are an intelligent human being then you are interested in climate change because it's the most important issue of our time.” IfsHumansImportantHuman BeingsIssuesIntelligentClimateClimate ChangeOur TimeImportant Issues Author:Franny Armstrong