Mike Roselle Quotes

The low carbon economy is at the leading edge of a structural shift now taking place globally.

A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.

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

There's no miracle formula but we have to move towards a lower carbon economy. We don't have any other choice.

We need to decarbonise our societies and economies.

New York and Connecticut belong to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to cut carbon emissions, and New York City has been a leader in energy efficiency.

We need to fashion policies with proper incentives to reduce the amount of carbon we are putting in the atmosphere.

I am now certain that we have no alternative but to reduce urgently the levels of carbon that we are still pumping into the atmosphere as though tomorrow simply didn't matter. If we don't act collectively and individually, our children and their children will reap a whirlwind which will obliterate their civilisation.

For the U.S., I think we should have a carbon tax, for environmental reasons.

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

The reality is that de-carbonisation is not happening fast enough.

Many of the technologies we've invented are necessary to keep 6.5 billion people alive. We can't go back from that, so we need to decarbonize really rapidly.

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

There is only one possible route of action, Greenhouse gases have to be radically reduced and it has to happen worldwide. Until now, the US has kept its eyes shut to this emergency. Americans make up a mere 4 percent of the population, but are responsible for close to a quarter of emissions.

I want to see us move from a fossil fuel economy to a renewable economy - if not in my lifetime, then in the lifetime of my children.

Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero.

In the absence of federal leadership, Coloradans should take our rightful role as leaders seriously and work with other states and countries to reduce carbon emissions.

We need a really credible perspective toward long-term de-carbonization.

Norway is combating climate change. It's an important issue for us. And we are committed to the Paris Agreement.

While the leading environmental alarmists burn fossil fuels like they're going out of style, the United States under President Trump has led the world in reducing carbon emissions.

To be able to transform societies and economies to low-carbon ones was an amazing challenge. To influence and to facilitate such an important transformation in the world would be like witnessing something of industrial revolution proportions.

Renewables are critical in our fight against climate change.

Our leaders must get to grips with the huge risk that carbon dioxide emissions pose to the economy and the environment. As we know, carbon dioxide is a long-lived gas. It hangs around.

Canadians didn't vote for a carbon tax. Justin Trudeau campaigned, promised that he wouldn't create a carbon tax.

I agree with the overwhelming majority of scientists who recognize that climate change is real, and it's essential that our country honors its commitment to work with the rest of the world to cut carbon pollution and address this crisis together.