Jeff Goodell Quotes

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

On climate change, we often don't fully appreciate that it is a problem. We think it is a problem waiting to happen.

I believe that climate change represents one of the greatest threats to our national security and our planet.

Most reputable scientists agree that climate change is real and that the effects are likely to be bad. But nobody can say for sure exactly what 'bad' means. The safest and most equitable way out of this horrific mess is simple: cut fossil-fuel emissions.

China and India will take the global leadership on climate change: they are suffering for it.

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

Climate change is real.

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

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

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.

I'm not as convinced as a lot of people are that man-made climate change is the threat they think it is.

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.

We can look back through ice-core data and see over 800,000 years, relationships between carbon dioxide and the temperature of the world. So those people who deny the importance of climate change are just wasting their time. They're also being diversionary because if we don't act the risks are enormous.

Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.

We need to keep switching up the language around climate change.

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

I wish climate change wasn't real.

The evidence for human-made climate change is overwhelming.

A spiritual voice is urgently needed to underline the fact that global warming is already causing human anguish and mortality in our nation and abroad, and much more will occur in the future without rapid action.

You will not solve global climate change by hitting the delete button.

Climate change is analogous to Lincoln and slavery or Churchill and Nazism: it's not the kind of thing where you can compromise.

Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate changing not just in our lifetimes but also year by year.

Climate change is also clearly a matter of huge interest and concern for the scientific community.

As signs of climate instability increase, radical and rapid action is becoming ever more urgent.