Boyan Slat Quotes

I believe that worrying about the problems plaguing our planet without taking steps to confront them is absolutely irrelevant. The only thing that changes this world is taking action.

Citizens and consumers are demanding that climate change and environmental issues be taken seriously.

The main issue of cities is to tackle climate change and it is the issue of the current and next generations. Sustainability cannot be emphasized too much and I have designated the issue of climate change as the most important to solve.

We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces.

All the conservation efforts in the world won't be enough to make a dent in the oncoming sustainability crisis our planet faces.

We will never end poverty if we don't tackle climate change.

On almost every environmental issue I care about, in fact, I've been wrong at one point or another. I used to think that climate change was no big deal, that most environmental problems were massive exaggerations, that oil reserves were effectively unlimited, and more.

Labor believes in sustainability. We believe in acting on climate change, not just talking about it.

There is no point trying to figure out who is guilty or not at un-balancing the planet. I think we need to figure out and solve the problems together and not isolate from each other.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

I'm not in favor of just taking short-term isolated situations and depleting our resources to keep our climate just the way it is today.

To be sure, governments will remain critical to any comprehensive effort to save our planet.

I've been a supporter of green initiatives for years. I've been paying more and more attention to it, you know, with three kids. I thought it was tragic when the Kyoto Protocol was killed by the U.S. It was sort of a call to action.

For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority.

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.

When we save the rain forest, the polar bear, and Al Gore, we should party so hard that Canada calls the cops on us for noise.

It's time we stopped ignoring the environment. Let's not let another election go by without making this a high priority.

The future will either be green or not at all.

The language 'It's too late' is very unsuitable for most environmental issues. It's too late for the dodo and for people who've starved to death already, but it's not too late to prevent an even bigger crisis. The sooner we act on the environment, the better.

We can make a concerted effort to stop poisoning the planet: that would be a good way of appeasing the gods.

If I were emperor of the world, I would put the pedal to the floor on energy efficiency and conservation for the next decade.

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.

I am passionate about preserving the rights and opportunities of current and future Americans. That has meant fighting to stop global warming.

I play fictitious characters often solving fictitious problems. I believe mankind has looked at climate change in the same way, as if it were a fiction.

We've made extraordinary progress on the environment over the decades, and that's something we should celebrate.