Barry Gardiner Quotes

The area of climate change has a dramatic impact on national security.

In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents.

So it's mainly a question of helping the Third World overcome the effects of global warming.

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

For millions of Americans, climate change is no longer just a chart or a graph. It's the smoke on our tongues from massive wildfires. It's the floodwater invading our homes and record-breaking hurricanes and heat waves.

Failure to curb temperature increases will impact all countries, Ireland included, but with the most immediate and drastic effects being felt, in many instances, by the most vulnerable countries and communities.

When I left school, I never wondered whether my apartment in New York was vulnerable to storm surges, but my three daughters have to consider the realities of extreme weather and how it may destabilize communities around the globe.

Global climate change has a profound impact on the survival and development of mankind. It is a major challenge facing all countries.

People are seeing the impact of climate change around them in extraordinary patterns of floods and droughts, wildfires, heatwaves and powerful storms.

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.

We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.

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

The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, droughts and floods is in line with what climate scientists have been predicting for decades - and evidence is mounting that what's happening is more severe than predicted, and will get far worse still if we fail to act.

Without electrons, there is no Google. And without clean electrons, there will be no Google customers, since we'll all be too busy fleeing from rising seas, droughts, and disease.

The economic impacts of global warming and climate change are every bit as real as the environmental impact..

Look at climate change; don't put your head in the sand. Understand that it is going to have profound effects on our resources and so much else.

The bottom line is that the impacts of climate change can exacerbate resource competition, threaten livelihoods, and increase the risk of instability and conflict, especially in places already undergoing economic, political, and social stress.

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

All countries will feel the increasing effects of dangerous climate change and it is those least able to bear it who are already being hurt first and hardest.

Climate change remains the biggest threat to our civilisation, economy and security - even bigger than Brexit.

Climate change respects no borders.

More and more Americans are experiencing the direct impacts of climate change, from the wildfires in California, to devastating hurricanes in the Southeast, to drought in the Southwest. And they are choosing candidates who are ready to do something about it.

Climate change is a threat to the conditions in which our economy can function at all.

When you think about climate change, that means that we won't have an Earth to be lonely on.

I believe that climate change is real, is driven mainly by human activity and that it is driving real-world changes such as extreme weather events, hotter temperatures, rising sea levels and ocean acidification.