Tom Brokaw Quotes

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

In China we need to do our own part to try to combat global climate change.

Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.

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

Most reputable scientists agree that climate change is real and that the effects are likely to be bad. But nobody can say for sure exactly what 'bad' means. The safest and most equitable way out of this horrific mess is simple: cut fossil-fuel emissions.

China and India will take the global leadership on climate change: they are suffering for it.

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

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

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

Look, very clearly there are things that need to be done urgently in relation to climate change, and of those the most obvious is to have an enforceable and equitable arrangement delivering deep cuts in emissions into the middle of the century.

Though every nation must do its part to address climate change, developed nations are responsible for the lion's share of carbon pollution in the atmosphere, and they have an obligation to help developing nations transition to a sustainable future.

Doing all we can to combat climate change comes with numerous benefits, from reducing pollution and associated health care costs to strengthening and diversifying the economy by shifting to renewable energy, among other measures.

Around the world, climate change is an existential threat - but if we harness the opportunities inherent in addressing climate change, we can reap enormous economic benefits.

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

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

The dialogue around climate change can often become mired in gloom and doom, which is understandable given the topic.

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.

We need to take urgent action on climate change.

Climate change is a complex problem with no central lever, and with unequal distribution of resources.

Many of the issues we face in dealing with rapid climate change are well suited to an engineering mind.

Climate change is real.

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

Instead of sitting on the sidelines, President Obama has made it clear that the US is ready to lead a global effort to combat climate change.

If you really accept that global warming puts the world at risk, then you think you would be open to any solution that could undo it.

We have great international experts within India telling us that the climate is changing, and actions has to be taken, otherwise China and India would be the countries most to suffer from climate change.