Al Franken Quotes

Why do today's non-stop shocks -- why don't they spur us into action? Why don't they produce leaps? Especially when it comes to climate change.

Climate change is real.

My father's generation's crisis was fighting fascism. Ours is fighting climate change. It is much harder because you can't see it, it is not an obvious threat. But the solution is in our hands.

What do we do about climate change bearing down upon us?

I believe climate change is real - and I believe we have to act to protect the climate as fast as we possibly can.

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.

I believe that climate change represents one of the greatest threats to our national security and our planet.

I care about climate change because of our children. I want to safeguard their future.

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

Climate change is moving faster than we are, but we don't give up because we know that climate action is the only path.

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.

The U.S. has fallen well behind Europe in recognizing climate change and the implications of climate change.

The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it's all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it.

There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

I'm not as convinced as a lot of people are that man-made climate change is the threat they think it is.

The effects of climate change are real and must be acted on.

Among all the tests President Obama faced in his first term, his biggest failure was climate change.

Climate change is a really abstract thing in most of the world.

Look, if anybody still wants to dispute the science around climate change, have at it. You'll be pretty lonely, because you'll be debating our military, most of America's business leaders, the majority of the American people, almost the entire scientific community, and 200 nations around the world who agree it's a problem and intend to solve it.

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

Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.

Climate change is the central environmental ill of our time. We have an obligation to protect our children from the dangers of this widening scourge, and we aren't yet doing enough about it.

Make no mistake: Tackling climate change is vital. But to see everything through the lens of short-term CO2 reductions, letting our obsession with carbon blind us to the bigger picture, is to court catastrophe.

Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are - rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call 'global challenges,' which require global solidarity.

As far as I'm aware, everybody in the shadow cabinet accepts that there's a compelling case on climate change and a strong scientific case.