Jeff Goodell Quotes

Look at climate change; don't put your head in the sand. Understand that it is going to have profound effects on our resources and so much else.

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

Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.

Climate change is transforming the world in profound ways that continue to evolve.

The bottom line is clear: Climate change is a reality, and it is having a real impact.

Climate change has the potential to swallow up all other issues of development.

With a disaster like global warming, it's too late to worry about when it's looming except to figure out how to adapt to it.

Climate change is real.

We now know that we cannot continue to put ever-increasing amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. Actions have consequences. In fact, the consequences of past actions are already in the pipeline. Global temperatures are rising. Glaciers are melting. Sea levels are rising. Extreme weather events are multiplying.

Climate change is the Everest of all problems, the thorniest challenge facing humankind.

One thing we do know about the threat of climate change is that the cost of adjustment only grows the longer it's left unaddressed.

Climate change is a real thing that is happening in the Maldives. It is not something in the future… We are only 1.5 meters above sea level. Fossil fuel technology is obsolete; it has been around for too long.

Climate change poses an existential threat to the planet that is no less dire than that posed by North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

This whole climate change and what it's doing to our environment is frightening to people.

On an increasingly crowded planet, humanity faces many threats - but none is greater than climate change. It magnifies every hazard and tension of our existence.

People think that climate change is something happening to somebody else at some other time but it's coming home.

Climate change is sometimes misunderstood as being about changes in the weather. In reality it is about changes in our very way of life.

Climate change is a very real threat right now to our economy, the future of our children, to our way of life.

Human induced climate change is real, and the evidence is right in front of us. It threatens our shores. It promises to bring intense heat waves and powerful storms. It has the power to disrupt our economy, endanger our food supply, and imperil global stability. We must take action to stop it.

Climate change is a threat to the conditions in which our economy can function at all.

Climate change has far-reaching consequences for our own survival on this planet. As an issue, it overrides everything else.

When you think about climate change, that means that we won't have an Earth to be lonely on.

Climate change is a reality.

Climate change is a complex challenge, and one that will not be easily solved.

In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents.