Steven Levitt Quotes

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

Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.

Global warming and climate change is a big problem. It requires a big solution.

Renewables are critical in our fight against climate change.

The world is at a big risk from climate change. We have to come up with solutions, to bring in a sustainable economy.

In China we need to do our own part to try to combat global climate change.

We run enormous risks and we know what kind of reductions of greenhouse gases are necessary to drastically reduce risks. Reducing emissions by half by 2050 is roughly in the right ballpark. It would bring us below 550 ppm.

Money spent on carbon cuts is money we can't use for effective investments in food aid, micronutrients, HIV/AIDS prevention, health and education infrastructure, and clean water and sanitation.

Unlike many in the conservative camp, I accept theories of global warming, and accept that man-made activity has played a part in global warming. My differences have only been on what the solutions should be.

Scientists worldwide agree that the reduction needed to stabilize the climate is actually more like 80 percent.

I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet.

Putting a tax on carbon could be an effective approach for curbing global warming pollution.

Look, very clearly there are things that need to be done urgently in relation to climate change, and of those the most obvious is to have an enforceable and equitable arrangement delivering deep cuts in emissions into the middle of the century.

Though every nation must do its part to address climate change, developed nations are responsible for the lion's share of carbon pollution in the atmosphere, and they have an obligation to help developing nations transition to a sustainable future.

Doing all we can to combat climate change comes with numerous benefits, from reducing pollution and associated health care costs to strengthening and diversifying the economy by shifting to renewable energy, among other measures.

The shift to a cleaner energy economy wont happen overnight, and it will require tough choices along the way. But the debate is settled. Climate change is a fact.

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.

Around the world, climate change is an existential threat - but if we harness the opportunities inherent in addressing climate change, we can reap enormous economic benefits.

Whether the process proves to be Kyoto or something else, let's acknowledge the urgency of global warming.

It's up to people like us, all of us, to address and talk about things like runaway global warming and how we can use things like remote viewing to save our planet.

There is no question that global warming will have a significant impact on already existing problems such as malaria, malnutrition, and water shortages. But this doesn't mean the best way to solve them is to cut carbon emissions.

In global warming, I think everyone is scratching their heads - are there technological things that can be brought to bear that can make a difference?

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

The only way we can hope to combat climate change, protect our precious land and water, and prevent future extreme weather disasters is to cut the carbon pollution that’s warming our planet, and replace dirty energy sources with clean, renewable sources.

We have hysteria over climate change. Powers bigger than us have already figured out how to save the earth.