Mark Kirk Quotes

Climate change is real and humans do contribute to those changes.

I do believe that [climate change] is real.

Climate change is a real deal. So, hey deniers - cut it out, and let's get to work.

"Some human activity linked to climate change." That bothers me much more than whether or not we're gonna be prosecuting Hillary [Clinton].

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

Climate change is a reality.

Climate change is new and complex. We don't have all the answers.

The climate change argument is absolute crap

A lot of people are focused on climate change as a defining challenge of our time. A lot of people think it is a non-problem, at least in the United States.

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

We'd already lost the possibility of stopping global warming entirely. That hasn't been in the cards for a long time. The triumph of Trump probably means that we're not going to be able to stop it at the two-degree mark that the world had been aiming for. That's very bad news, mostly because the planet seems to be more sensitive than we thought to even small increases in temperature.

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

I believe climate change is real, but I reject the cap and trade solution of John - of, you know, of Al Gore. He's made a religion. It's a problem.

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

India has a responsibility to itself to fight Climate Change

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

Although I have a variety of obligations, the climate crisis is my central concern.

Climate change is severely impacting the health of our planet and all of its inhabitants, and we must transition to a clean energy economy that does not rely on fossil fuels.

We should be treating, I think, the whole issue of climate change and global warming with a far greater degree of priority than I think is happening now.

We can debate this or that aspect of climate change, but the reality is that most people now accept our climate is indeed subject to change as a result of greenhouse gas emissions.

The argument [behind climate change] is absolute crap. However, the politics of this are tough for us. Eighty per cent of people believe climate change is a real and present danger.

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

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

Sustainable development and climate change are two sides of the same coin

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