Larry Brilliant Quotes

At least 3,527 U.S. monthly records for heat, rain, and snow were broken in 2012. We can't let this continue unchecked, and we don't have to.

I think it's important for people to be aware of the impact that climate change is having on this huge community of people.

Climate change...is, simply, the greatest collective challenge we face as a human family.

Climate change is a real deal. So, hey deniers - cut it out, and let's get to work.

We need to get a broader awareness. People say climate change is really bad, but painting that picture of what you're putting at risk.

Climate change is a reality.

Climate change is very real. It is a serious issue it should be treated that way... It is not just ours here in Iowa or even in the United States.

Climate change has happened because of human behaviour, therefore it’s only natural it should be us, human beings, to address this issue. It may not be too late if we take decisive actions today.

My fellow Americans, people all over the world, we need to solve the climate crisis, it's not a political issue, it's a moral issue. We have everything we need to get started, with the possible exception of the will to act, that's a renewable resource, let's renew it.

I honestly don't know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not only for American society, but for the world as a whole. This is a global problem that is not going away, and the United States is an obstacle to solving it.

Global warming is something that happens to all of us, all at once.

When you have energy companies like Shell and British Petroleum, both of which are perhaps represented in this room, saying there is a problem with excess carbon dioxide emission, I think we ought to listen.

Climate change is a global issue - from the point of view of the Earth's climate, a molecule of CO2 emitted in Bejing is the same as a molecule emitted in Sydney.

We now know beyond a doubt that global warming is a reality. And the question we must all answer is, what are we going to do about it?

I think it's crazy for us to play games with our children's future. We know what's happening to the climate, we have a highly predictable set of consequences if we continue to pour greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

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.

Climate change is real and humans do contribute to those changes.

Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.

The thing about global warming is that you can address it on a great number of levels - in fact you have to.

Global warming threatens our health, our economy, our natural resources, and our children's future. It is clear we must act.

I have neither the learning nor the experience to know whether the doomsayers are right about the human causes of climate change. But I am willing to acknowledge that people who know a lot more than I do may be right when they claim that it is the consequence of our own behaviour. I assume that this is why the BBC's coverage of the issue abandoned the pretence of impartiality long ago.

We'll never get there if we let the climate crisis bloom unchecked, so for the moment the key is to organize, organize, organize!

The climate change movement is a river overflowing seeping into every nook and cranny.

There is basically no one not on the payroll of Exxon Mobil or coal companies who any longer contend that this is not something to worry about.

Although I have a variety of obligations, the climate crisis is my central concern.