Emma Thompson Quotes

We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations

My fellow Americans, people all over the world, we need to solve the climate crisis, it's not a political issue, it's a moral issue. We have everything we need to get started, with the possible exception of the will to act, that's a renewable resource, let's renew it.

Tackling climate change is a collective endeavour, it means collective accountability and it's not too late

Climate change: Never before in history have human beings been called on to act collectively in defence of the Earth

Climate change has happened because of human behaviour, therefore it’s only natural it should be us, human beings, to address this issue. It may not be too late if we take decisive actions today.

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

We'll never get there if we let the climate crisis bloom unchecked, so for the moment the key is to organize, organize, organize!

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.

We face a climate crisis now that is the most serious challenge our civilization has ever confronted. And the greatest country in the world [America] has to remain a part of this unprecedented global agreement to deal with it.

Let's unite our impassioned voices to combat climate change. The time is now.

Climate change: I say the debate is over. We know the science, we see the threat and we know that the time for action is now

No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change.

I believe man-made climate change is one of the most serious threats that this country and this world face.

The scientific evidence is now overwhelming: climate change presents very serious global risks, and it demands an urgent global response.

Any so-called leader who does not take this issue (climate change) seriously or treats it like a joke is not fit to lead

Climate change is real. In order to alter this reality, we need all hands on deck.

It's remarkable to watch the president, with all the weight of his ability to command rhetoric with the bully pulpit behind him, make a clear speech about climate change and why that's so important for us all to focus on. And that is a rather remarkable thing to see. It's enormously powerful.

To look at the climate crisis alone - and in my view this is an election where we're not just deciding what kind of a world we will be but whether we will have a world or not, going forward. And the climate crisis, for one thing, you know, Hillary [Clinton] has not repudiated fracking by any means, nor fossil fuels.

Climate change is critical to me because I'm a parent; I feel a sense of responsibility to the future. I'm not going to be around to see its worst effects, which are going to be hitting in the 2030s, '40s, '50s, but my kids will.

I am convinced that climate change represents a historic opportunity on an even greater scale.

You can't pray away global warming, and that's the difference between religious people and sane people.

Talk about science with everyone you meet. Especially talk about climate change. It needs to become a part of our everyday conversation (the way it is everywhere else in the world).

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.