“I think it's crazy for us to play games with our children's future. We know what's happening to the climate, we have a highly predictable set of consequences if we continue to pour greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.” IfsThinkingKnowsChildrenPlayGamesCrazyHappeningsConsequenceOur ChildrenClimateAtmosphereGlobal WarmingPredictableGreenhousesGreenhouse Gases Author:William J. Clinton
“I've kind of fallen out of love with politics. ...Whatever experience and talents I've gained over the years -- I think it may well be that the highest and best use of that is to try to bring enough awareness of the solutions to the climate crisis and enough of a sense of urgency that we come together across party lines on behalf of our children.” ThinkingTryingYearsWellsKindMayChildrenEnoughUseTogetherLinesPartyAwarenessTalentHighestSolutionsOur ChildrenCrisisClimateFallenBehalfUrgencySense Of Urgency Author:Al Gore
“And yes, my plan will continue to reduce the carbon pollution that is heating our planet - because climate change is not a hoax. More droughts and floods and wildfires are not a joke. They're a threat to our children's future. And in this election, you can do something about it.” ChildrenCan DoPlansPlanetsJokesOur ChildrenElectionThreatClimateClimate ChangePollutionFloodCarbonOur PlanetCan Do SomethingDroughtWildfiresHeatingHoaxes Author:Barack Obama
“[Fighting Climate Change] is important for every single person on the planet, which is why it has to be the greatest grassroots movement of all time. This is the battle of our lives. We're fighting for our children.” ChildrenPersonsImportantWisdomRealityPoliticalFightingPoliticsNatureCommunityLeadershipPartyFamilyHistoryOur LivesGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyMovementPlanetsBattleOur ChildrenStrategyUnityClimateClimate ChangeHuman RightsAll TimeIdeologyPolitical PartiesCivilitySingle PersonGrassrootsGrassroots Movements Author:Emma Thompson
“I think wars, climate change, all that stuff is going to move people. And so I wanted to say, "What if the migration apocalypse occurs and it isn't an apocalypse at all?" Maybe we will still find ways to be happy and for our children and grandchildren to thrive and the world to move on.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayChildrenStillsWarWantedMovingStuffOur ChildrenClimateClimate ChangeThriveWhat IfApocalypseGrandchildrenMigrationChildren And Grandchildren Author:Mohsin Hamid
“For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change. Now, it's true that no single event makes a trend. But the fact is the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15. Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, floods-all are now more frequent and more intense. We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence. Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science-and act before it's too late.” YearsBelieveChildrenStatesFactsLastsScienceRecordsWorstEventsJudgmentLateAccountsOur ChildrenClimateClimate ChangeSakeWaveDecadesIntenseHeatToo LateTrendsOur FutureCombatOverwhelmingFreakFloodCoincidenceSevereDroughtSandyHottestWildfiresBefore It's Too LateHeat WaveSuperstorm Sandy Author:Barack Obama
“We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires and crippling drought and more powerful storms.” PeopleBelieveMayChildrenStillsSciencePowerfulKnowingFireGenerationsFailureJudgmentAccountsOur ChildrenImpactThreatClimateClimate ChangeDenyStormRageObligationOverwhelmingBetrayFuture GenerationPosterityDroughtInaugurationInauguralInaugural AddressInaugural Speech Author:Barack Obama
“...More important than the deficit, more important then healthcare-more important than anything-we have got to do something about our energy strategy. Because if we permit the climate to continue to warm at an unsustainable rate, and if we keep on doing what we're doing until we're out of oil and we haven't made the transition, then it's inconceivable to me that our children and grandchildren will be able to maintain the American way of life and that the world won't be much fuller of resource-based wars of all kinds.” IfsWorldWayKindChildrenMadeImportantWarAbleEnergyHavensResourcesOur ChildrenStrategyClimateRateWarmOilAll KindsTransitionPermitHealthcareGrandchildrenDeficitChildren And GrandchildrenAmerican Way Of LifePeak Oil Author:William J. Clinton
“I drive a hybrid. Tipper and I got a Lexus hybrid. And we have a couple of Priuses in the family with our children. And I encourage people to make environmentally conscious choices because we all have to solve this climate crisis.” PeopleChildrenChoicesEnvironmentCoupleConsciousEncouragementOur ChildrenCrisisClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeSolveHybridPriusLexus Author:Al Gore
“Now we are all learning what it's like to reap the whirlwind of fossil fuel dependence... Our destructive addiction has given us a catastrophic war in the Middle East and - now - Katrina is giving our nation a glimpse of the climate chaos we are bequeathing our children.” GivingChildrenWarGivenNationsMiddleOur ChildrenClimateChaosAddictionEastFuelGlobal WarmingDestructiveMiddle EastDependenceGlimpseFossilsReapFossil FuelKatrinaWhirlwind Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“This is the moral challenge of our generation. Not only are the eyes of the world upon us. More important, succeeding generations depend on us. We cannot rob our children of their future.” WorldChildrenImportantEyeChallengesMoralGenerationsDependsSucceedOur ChildrenClimateOur Generation Author:Ban Ki-moon
“In reality, those who deny climate change and demand a halt to emissions reduction and mitigation work, want us to take a huge gamble with the future of every human being on the planet, every future human being, our children and grand children, and every other living species” WantHumansChildrenRealityHuman BeingsPlanetsHugeDemandOur ChildrenClimateSpeciesClimate ChangeDenyWant UGambleReductionEmissionsHalt Author:Edward Davey
“A day will come when our children and grandchildren will look back and they'll ask one of two questions. Either they will ask: "what in God's name were they doing?" or they may look back and say: "how did they find the uncommon moral courage to rise above politics and redeem the promise of American democracy?"” LooksMayChildrenTwoAsksNamesMoralDemocracyPromiseOur ChildrenClimateGrandchildrenRise AboveUncommonChildren And GrandchildrenMoral CourageAmerican Democracy Author:Al Gore
“Only in the last few years did the science crystallize, revealing the urgency - our planet really is in peril. If we do not change course soon, we will hand our children a situation that is out of their control.” IfsYearsChildrenHandsLastsCoursesSituationPlanetsOur ChildrenClimateRevealingPerilOur PlanetUrgency Author:James Hansen
“Our children and grandchildren are going to be mad at us for burning all this oil. It took the Earth 500 million years to create the stuff we're burning in 200 years. Renewable energy sources are where we need to be headed.” NeedsYearsChildrenEarthEnergyStuffMillionsSourceOur ChildrenMadClimateOilBurningGrandchildrenRenewable EnergyChildren And GrandchildrenEnergy SourcesRenewable Energy Sources Author:Jack Edwards
“We've known for some time that we have to worry about the impacts of climate change on our children's and grandchildren's generations. But we now have to worry about ourselves as well.” WellsChildrenKnownWorryGenerationsOur ChildrenImpactClimateClimate ChangeGrandchildren Author:Margaret Beckett
“If we do not act to curb climate change immediately, we will leave our children and grandchildren an unrecognizable planetIt is the poor, those least responsible for climate change and least able to afford adaptation, who would suffer the most.” IfsChildrenAbleSufferingPoorResponsibleOur ChildrenClimateClimate ChangeGrandchildrenAdaptationCurbChildren And Grandchildren Author:Jim Yong Kim