John C. Mather Quotes

I've dedicated my life in public service to defeating climate change.

Climate change is happening, and humans are significant contributors, and that raises some really important policy questions.

We have to fight climate change like we actually want to win.

We're looking to ways to build in the responsibility we have on climate change and the way that we approach, potentially, climate change refuges in the future amongst our neighbors.

The U.S. has fallen well behind Europe in recognizing climate change and the implications of climate change.

Climate change is real.

What do we do about climate change bearing down upon us?

I believe climate change is real - and I believe we have to act to protect the climate as fast as we possibly can.

The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it's all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it.

There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.

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

The European nations take climate change very seriously.

Make no mistake: Tackling climate change is vital. But to see everything through the lens of short-term CO2 reductions, letting our obsession with carbon blind us to the bigger picture, is to court catastrophe.

The main cause that I have attached my name to and am working diligently in is the issue of climate change.

Climate change is here. We have to learn how to deal with it.

We’re the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.

The growing evidence of climate change is forcing attention on carbon emissions and their reduction.

Climate change is moving faster than we are, but we don't give up because we know that climate action is the only path.

Climate change knows no borders. It will not stop before the Pacific islands and the whole of the international community here has to shoulder a responsibility to bring about a sustainable development.

There is no debate about whether or not climate change is happening. We will deal with it as a challenge. But we also take it as an opportunity to invest.

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

We believe addressing the risk of climate change is a global issue.

Industrialised countries must take the responsibility of helping poorer countries in the climate change action plan.

Our politicians debate this, but our scientists don't. A huge majority of climate scientists say climate change is happening. They say we're causing it and we need to do something about it before it has a terrible effect on all of us.