“This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the industrial revolution. That will not happen overnight and it will not happen at a single conference on climate change, be it COP 15, 21, 40 - you choose the number. It just does not occur like that. It is a process, because of the depth of the transformation.” YearsFirstsDoeHas BeensHappensProcessNumbersEconomicMankindRevolutionDevelopmentPeriodsModelsFirst TimeTasksTransformationClimateDepthClimate ChangeSettingSettingsDefinedYou ChooseCopConferencesEconomic DevelopmentIndustrial Revolution Author:Christiana Figueres
“Our economy is at war with many forms of life on earth, including human life. What the climate needs to avoid collapse is a contraction of humanity's use of resources; what our economic model demands to avoid collapse is unfettered expansion. Only one of these sets of rules can be changed, and it's not the laws of nature” NeedsHumansWarUseEarthFormLawHumanityEconomyEconomicChangedDemandModelsResourcesClimateIncludingHuman LifeCollapseExpansionLaws Of NatureContractionsEconomic Models Book:This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate Source: This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate
“If it were only that people have diversities of taste, that is reason enough for not attempting to shape them all after one model. But different persons also require different conditions for their spiritual development, and can no more exist healthily in the same moral, than all the varieties of plants can in the same physical, atmosphere and climate.” PeopleIfsPersonsDifferentReasonEnoughSpiritualMoralConditionsDevelopmentTasteShapesDiversityModelsPlantClimateVarietyAtmosphereAttemptingSpiritual Development Book:The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill Source: The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill
“I am arguing that climate models are not fit for the purpose of detection and attribution of climate change on decadal to multidecadal timescales.” PurposeFitModelsClimateClimate ChangeArguingDetectionAttribution Author:Judith Curry
“The current model is global suicide. We need a revolution. Revolutionary thinking. Revolutionary action. Natural resources are becoming more and more scarce.” ThinkingNeedsActionNaturalBusinessRevolutionBecomingModelsResourcesSuicideClimateCurrentsRevolutionaryScarceBecoming MoreNatural Resources Author:Ban Ki-moon
“So the need for another economic model is urgent, and if the climate justice movement can show that responding to climate change is the best chance for a more just economic system.” IfsNeedsShowsJusticeChanceEconomicMovementModelsClimateClimate ChangeGlobal WarmingUrgentRespondingEconomic SystemsEconomic Models Author:Naomi Klein
“We see something change in our climate and we blame ourselves ... I don't think we understand what happens. We can watch it happen on the (climate) models, we know it happens, but we don't know for sure how it happens.” ThinkingKnowsHappensWatchesModelsBlameClimateThings Change Author:Roy Spencer
“The fossil-fuel-based development model has not benefitted all people and those who have benefitted least are now suffering great harm in the face of climate change.” PeopleFacesSufferingDevelopmentModelsClimateClimate ChangeHarmFuelFossilsFossil Fuel Author:Mary Robinson
“The only basis for even talking about global warming is the predictions spewed out by computer models. The only quote/unquote "evidence" of global warming is what models are predicting the climate and the weather will be in the next 50 to 100 years. Now, what those models spit out is only as good as the data that's put in, and it's an absolute joke. In terms of science, it's a total joke. There is no warming, global or otherwise!” YearsNextTermTalkingComputerModelsJokesEvidenceBasesAbsolutesClimateWeatherDataGlobal WarmingPredictionsSpitPredicting Author:Rush Limbaugh