Frances Beinecke Quotes

Climate change is the biggest threat to our chances of winning the fight against hunger.

Climate change has always been sort of my main focus. I think also with [what happened in Fukushima, Japan] there's still a lot to think about in terms of what's coming down the pike into the world's oceans, too.

Climate change is a reality.

Climate change is such a consequential crisis to everybody in the world.

Our planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on all of humankind.

The science [of global warming] is beyond dispute... Delay is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response

Climate change is a fact. Its consequences, damages and costs are already being felt around the globe.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Climate change and energy use are global problems - News Corp is a global company. Our operations affect the environment all over the world.

At least 3,527 U.S. monthly records for heat, rain, and snow were broken in 2012. We can't let this continue unchecked, and we don't have to.

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.

Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.

The thing about global warming is that you can address it on a great number of levels - in fact you have to.

Global warming is not just the greatest environmental challenge facing our planet - it is one of our greatest challenges of any kind.

Global warming threatens our health, our economy, our natural resources, and our children's future. It is clear we must act.

Climate change poses clear, catastrophic threats. We may not agree on the extent, but we certainly can't afford the risk of inaction.

We face the gravest threat that civilization has ever confronted. It's global in nature and requires a global solution. Increased CO2 emissions anywhere, whether from China or the United States or from one of the countries that is burning its forests like Brazil or Indonesia.

So I'm running in the park on Saturday, in shorts, thinking this [warm weather] is great, but are we all gonna die? You know? I can't, I can't figure this out.

Ask almost anybody if they think the climate?s changed in the last couple of decades and they will all say ?yes? and give you lots of examples.

Climate change...is, simply, the greatest collective challenge we face as a human family.

Global climate change is real and we have a limited time to change our behavior or live with the consequences. We can all help by making small changes in our lives to letting our voice be heard by our governing bodies. As has always been the case in this country, if the people demand change, it will come.