“Kyoto costs a lot, does nothing to prevent calamity, and pays no compensation in the event of loss. If my insurance broker offered that sort of policy, I would not carry insurance. Instead what my broker offers is a policy that costs a little and pays full compensation in the event of loss. If someone wants to propose that as a policy on global warming, I'm all in favour.” IfsWantLittlesDoeLossPayEventsPolicyCostOffersGlobal WarmingFavourCompensationCalamityProposeKyotoBrokersKyoto Protocol Author:Ross McKitrick
“Collective human actions are transforming, even ravaging, the biosphere - perhaps irreversibly - through global warming and loss of biodiversity.” HumansActionLossGlobal WarmingCollectivesTransformingBiodiversityHuman ActionsBiosphere Author:Martin Rees
“Environmental science is telling us a lot about our future and what it could look like, whether we're talking about global warming (the current poster child for the environment) or a loss of genetic diversity in our food supplies, or the effects of low-dose chemicals on human development.” HumansLooksChildrenLossTalkingEnvironmentEffectsDevelopmentDiversityLowsEnvironmentalCurrentsGlobal WarmingOur FutureChemicalsSuppliesDosePostersHuman DevelopmentFood SupplyEnvironmental Science Author:Paolo Bacigalupi
“Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity.” StillsProblemEnergyLossEnvironmentClimateClimate ChangeIncludingDespiteRangeFuelGlobal WarmingDependenceThreatenedFossilsOur EnvironmentFossil FuelBiodiversityBurning Fossil FuelsEnvironmental Change Author:Dan Lipinski
“Global warming, along with the cutting and burning of forests and other critical habitats, is causing the loss of living species at a level comparable to the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. That event was believed to have been caused by a giant asteroid. This time it is not an asteroid colliding with the Earth and wreaking havoc: it is us.” InspirationalYearsHas BeensEarthLossLevelsMillionsCuttingEventsYears AgoSpeciesCriticalForestsBurningGiantsGlobal WarmingExtinctionDinosaursHabitatHavocAsteroidsInconvenient Truth Book:An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It Source: An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
“Even if we could grow our way out of the crisis and delay the inevitable and painful reconciliation of virtual and real wealth, there is the question of whether this would be a wise thing to do. Marginal costs of additional growth in rich countries, such as global warming, biodiversity loss and roadways choked with cars, now likely exceed marginal benefits of a little extra consumption. The end result is that promoting further economic growth makes us poorer, not richer.” IfsWayLittlesRealEndsCountryWould BeGrowsGrowthWealthLossResultsRichWiseEconomicCarCostBenefitsCrisisPainfulInevitableThings To DoExtrasGlobal WarmingConsumptionDelayPromotingReconciliationExceedEconomic GrowthBiodiversityEnd ResultsRich CountriesReal Wealth Author:Herman E. Daly