John Olver Quotes

The question of whether or to what extent human activities are causing global warming is not a matter of ideology, let alone of belief. The issue is simply one of risk management.

There is still significant uncertainty around all of the factors that affect climate change.

Climate change is sometimes misunderstood as being about changes in the weather. In reality it is about changes in our very way of life.

Climate change has far-reaching consequences for our own survival on this planet. As an issue, it overrides everything else.

I think we're all experiencing climate change. Experience is an effective teacher. It's sometimes a very harsh teacher. So we will be taught about climate change.

With a disaster like global warming, it's too late to worry about when it's looming except to figure out how to adapt to it.

In fact, even the current administration now is releasing recent reports indicating that climate change is real, that global warming is occurring, that it is heavily influenced by man-made objects and that it is something we cannot ignore any longer.

We have great international experts within India telling us that the climate is changing, and actions has to be taken, otherwise China and India would be the countries most to suffer from climate change.

The effects of climate change are real and must be acted on.

It seems incontrovertible to me that there is a global warming effect and that it is going to be serious, probably not in the amount of, say, six degrees warming, but it's likely that we'll get two to three degrees warming and that will be serious enough.

The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries.

Climate change is the Everest of all problems, the thorniest challenge facing humankind.

Scientists have been warning about global warming for decades. It's too late to stop it now, but we can lessen its severity and impacts.

Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.

Climate change is transforming the world in profound ways that continue to evolve.

The number of hypotheses and theories about climate change are numerous. Quite naturally they have caught the public attention, as any proof of past climactic change points to the possibility of future climate change, which inevitably will have significant implications for global economics.

The jury is still out on whether humans are causing climate change.

The bottom line is clear: Climate change is a reality, and it is having a real impact.

Global warming is controversial, of course, but the controversy is mainly over whether human activity is driving it.

Though Africa is not responsible for emitting greenhouse gases, it is suffering the consequences of climate change.

Climate change is the greatest threat to humanity, perhaps ever. Global temperatures are rising at an unprecedented rate, causing drought and forest fires and impacting human health.

We're in a new reality, living in a time of climate change. We already have climate refugees around the globe and now have to talk about adaptation and mitigation.

We're clearly not going to stop global warming at this point. We've already raised the temperature of the planet one degree. We've got another degree in the pipeline from carbon we've already emitted. What we're talking about now is whether we're going to have a difficult, difficult century, or an impossible one.

...climate change is accelerating. It threatens our well being, our security, and our economic development. It will lead to uncontrollable risks and dramatic damage if we do not take resolute countermeasures.

The debate is over. The scientific community has spoken in a virtually unanimous voice. Climate change is real. It is caused by human activity.