Petra Kelly Quotes

If we don't act now ..., we're going to have a very, very lost generation.

We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces.

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.

The question is not whether we are able to change but whether we are changing fats enough.

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

We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it's uncomfortable to talk about.

As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of the torrent, then we have taken the first step to imagining what we might want to do about it.

We’re the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.

Climate change is the environmental challenge of this generation, and it is imperative that we act before it's too late.

I’ve starred in a lot of science fiction movies and, let me tell you something, climate change is not science fiction, this is a battle in the real world, it is impacting us right now.

I have been described as the grandfather of climate change. In fact, I am just a grandfather and I do not want my grandchildren to say that grandpa understood what was happening but didn't make it clear.

It's a sad day when a cartoon is doing more and cares more and pays more attention to the environment than our president.

Global warming is not a conqueror to kneel before - but a challenge to rise to. A challenge we must rise to.

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.

Climate change is analogous to Lincoln and slavery or Churchill and Nazism: it's not the kind of thing where you can compromise.

I joined the Safe Climate Caucus because I believe in leaving a safer planet for future generations.

I think there's plenty of evidence that we need to stop spewing so much carbon into the air, that we're contributing to climate change and that we ought to look for alternatives.

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.

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.

It is God's planet - and he's taking care of it. And I don't believe that anything we do will raise or lower the temperature one point.

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

For all of the hurtling towards climate change, there's also a lot more understanding of it than there was when we were kids. They don't call environmentalists tree huggers any more, so there's hope!

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.

Climate change is a sanctity of human life issue.