Climate Quotes - page 20

We have to overthrow the idea that it's a diversion from 'real' work when scientists conduct high-quality research in the open. Publicly funded science should be open science. Improving the way that science is done means speeding us along in curing cancer, solving the problem of climate change and launching humanity permanently into space. (Michael Nielsen)
Yoga is the most boring exercise. It's for people who are too lazy to get on the elliptical. Bikram, where they heat up the room to mimic India's climate, is especially stupid. People in India are not skinny because they're doing yoga in 105-degree rooms; they're skinny because there's no food. View quote
Noureen DeWulf
In the years to come, the combination of climate change and population growth could have a devastating effect on the planet and, needless to say, on humanity. View quote
Nathaniel Philbrick
We are sliding back into a dark era, and there seems little we can do about it. I am profoundly depressed at just how difficult it has become merely to get a realistic conversation started on issues such as climate change or genetically modified organisms. View quote
Nina Fedoroff
Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution. View quote
Owen Paterson
Homes and buildings, many of which are old and drafty, eat up 40 percent of the energy America uses. Such inefficiencies perpetuate our reliance on foreign oil, imperiling our national security and increasing our contribution to climate change. View quote
Peter Welch
My view is that climate changes have happened in the last 80 years, that is, the world has got a little bit warmer, although not as warm as it has been in Medieval times, or the Bronze Age. View quote
Piers Corbyn
Many climate change deniers would have you believe that addressing climate change is all pain and no gain. This is simply not true. We can tackle this challenge while improving our personal health and the health of our economy. These are not competing interests; they go hand in hand. View quote
Paul Tonko
As Americans, we have traditionally been the optimists sporting the 'can-do' attitude. But when it comes to addressing climate adaptation and resiliency, we seem to be more 'can't do' than 'can-do.' View quote
Paul Tonko
The trouble with climate change is it's an extraordinarily diverse and complex issue, but for example if the BBC would let me make some of the programmes I'd like to make on climate change, I bet you there would be a change of emphasis. View quote
Robert Winston
Climate change was a point of division between Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney. The president declared climate change a global threat, acknowledged that the actions of humanity were deepening the crisis, and pledged to do something about it if elected. (Ron Fournier)
It's hardly surprising that the corporate aliens lie when it comes to the relationship between doing something about climate change and the economy. View quote
Rebecca Solnit
We are entering an era of heightened disaster, thanks to climate change. Being prepared for disaster will mean being prepared to sift truth from rumour, and being prepared to adjust our worldview. View quote
Rebecca Solnit
Being told about the effects of climate change is an appeal to our reason and to our desire to bring about change. But to see that Africans are the hardest hit by climate change, even though they generate almost no greenhouse gas, is a glaring injustice, which also triggers anger and outrage over those who seek to ignore it. View quote
Sigmar Gabriel
Climate protection creates sustainability and jobs in the real economy - in construction, in the production of heavy machinery and in systems engineering. View quote
Sigmar Gabriel
If we want to implement climate protection worldwide, countries like Germany, which are capable of developing new technologies, will have to hand over some of their knowledge. We can't expect to have our cake and eat it too. View quote
Sigmar Gabriel
We now see numerous examples of brands working together to address issues such as environmental degradations, climate control, pollution, poverty and disease. View quote
Simon Mainwaring
Norway is a small country, about half the size of Sweden, but it has a very good film climate because they have municipal cinemas, so even in the smallest towns you have a cinema that shows art house films from all over the world. View quote
Stellan Skarsgard
Just tasking a team to be creative won't get you to be innovative. It's having a corporate climate that gives people the space to experiment and take risks. Only then can you truly sustain it. View quote
Steve Brown
Veganism is an answer for almost every problem facing the world in terms of hunger and climate change. View quote
Sam Simon
It appears that President Obama is making great progress on climate change, he is changing the political climate in the country back to Republican. (Tim Pawlenty)
The next four years, there won't be a week that goes by without a discussion of climate change. It's a naturally Conservative issue. View quote
Tim Yeo
I think there is a degree of speculation that is satisfied the climate is changing. View quote
Ted Baillieu
Ireland, in breadth, and for wholesomeness and serenity of climate, far surpasses Britain; for the snow scarcely ever lies there above three days: no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden... the island abounds in milk and honey. View quote
Venerable Bede
The issue for me is American competitiveness, and how do we best create a climate here that allows international capital to come to these shores to create jobs. View quote
Vito Fossella