Naomi Klein Quotes

I think I would say that there is absolutely no way to reconcile an austerity agenda with climate action. Our political class needs to understand that the fight against austerity and the fight for climate action are the same fight.

I began to lead two lives... one being a kid and the other starting to speak internationally about the environment... and advocating for social and environmental justice.

We need to transform the economy so it works for people and the planet.

Equity and economic justice are now hardwired into all of our climate policies.

Tackling the issue of climate change presents us with an inflection point in human history - a climate justice revolution that separates development from fossil fuels, supports people in the most vulnerable situations to adapt, allows all people to take part, and, most importantly, realise their full potential.

Ethics and Equity are at the core of debate of climate change. Debate has to move from Climate Change to Climate Justice.

I'm sad that it's uncool or offensive to talk about environmental or human rights issues.

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

I have long understood that climate change is not only an environmental issue - it is a humanitarian, economic, health, and justice issue as well.

The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life.

But social justice and the environment are very tied together in my head.

The main message we want to get out there is that climate change is caused by the rotten economic system.

The dialogue around climate change can often become mired in gloom and doom, which is understandable given the topic.

I believe in the Green New Deal. Fundamentally, what we recognize is that we don't have to choose between protecting our planet and growing our economy and creating jobs and opportunity.

Environmental justice is vitally important to the mission of Our Revolution.

Anytime anyone spoofs anything related to the issue of global warming is good, because to me it's like, okay, gets the word out.

British civil society has a fantastic record of campaigning to push politicians of all colours and countries to step up on climate.

The interesting thing about the Green New Deal is it wasn't originally a climate thing at all.

Communities and workers should be partners at the table, not waiting on the sidelines while government and the fossil fuel industry dictate climate policy.

Tackling the extreme gap between the rich and the poor and tackling climate change is part of the same struggle.

I believe we can build a human economy where people are the bottom line.

Safeguarding our common home is not only essential to protecting endangered species and preserving old-growth forests, it is also paramount to ending poverty, fighting injustice, and protecting the long-term survival of humankind and of our faith.

I believe, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., that there is such a thing as being too late, and when it comes to climate change, that hour is almost upon us.

If we do not act to curb climate change immediately, we will leave our children and grandchildren an unrecognizable planetIt is the poor, those least responsible for climate change and least able to afford adaptation, who would suffer the most.

Taking bold climate action now has the potential to unleash the full power of business and at the same time lift millions of people out of poverty. We're the first generation to recognize this and the last generation that will have this opportunity.