Ramez Naam Quotes

Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity.

Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.

Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.

The future will either be green or not at all.

There are a tremendous amount of environmental issues that are on the table.

The current challenge facing the environmental authorities is how to properly deal with the environmental problems caused by economic development.

My main issue is sustainability of the Earth, and protection of those animals and people who dwell here.

Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms.

Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.

Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and wanted action to resolve it.

I tell my environmental friends that they have won. Every issue we look at from an energy perspective is now also looked at from an environmental perspective.

I travel all over the country speaking to young people, and I am always amazed at how engaged in environmental conservation they are.

I think that I was slightly naive. I thought that if I showed people the beauty of the Arctic and the beauty of the polar bears that they would care so much that they would stand up and try to make a change.

The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.

Environmental disaster is the gravest threat to China's continued development. That's according to me, but it is not some wacko view.

I think the environmental problem will be the number one item on the agenda of the 21st century... This is a problem that cannot be postponed.

Helping people understand the impact of key environmental and human issues worldwide is something that I'm passionate about. CNN's 'Going Green' series of specials are engaging viewers around the world through important messages of conservation and hope.

When I look at China's environmental problems, the real barrier is not lack of technology or money. It's lack of motivation.

There are more effective ways of tackling environmental problems including global warming, proliferation of plastics, urban sprawl, and the loss of biodiversity than by treaties, top-down regulations, and other approaches offered by big governments and their dependents.

It seems to me like Mother Nature's mercy and forgiveness have run dry, as we ceaselessly abuse her and take her for granted in order for us to continue our addiction to using fossil fuels. I've gotta say, I don't blame her. Not one bit.

I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.

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.

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.

There is a reason and a need to have an Environmental Protection Agency.

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