#climate change

It's absolutely not acceptable for people to argue that, if we are going to do anything about climate change at all, well, the responsibility lies solely with the individual. ↗

— Peter Garrett

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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. ↗

— Peter Garrett

#century #change #clearly #climate #climate change

The forces that are in play on climate change essentially revolve around the generation of power, the transportation of goods and services and people, and the sorts of materials that we use to fuel the whole of our civilisation. ↗

— Peter Garrett

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There are great challenges before you, from the overwhelming nature of climate change to the unfairness of an economy that excludes so many from our collective wealth, and the changes necessary to build a more inclusive and generous Canada. I believe in you. ↗

— Jack Layton

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Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity. ↗

— Dan Lipinski

#biodiversity #change #climate #climate change #dependence

We want to promote people-to-people exchanges so that China and the United States can really join together, not just to solve the problems of China or the United States, but some of the big problems facing the entire world. From climate change to famine to even terrorism. ↗

— Gary Locke

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The only thing that will really change global warming in the long run is if we radically increase the speed with which we get alternative technologies to deal with climate change. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

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Some people call it global warming; some people call it climate change. What is the difference? ↗

— Frank Luntz

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The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#best #best way #change #climate #climate change

Foreign policy is inseparable from domestic policy now. Is terrorism foreign policy or domestic policy? It's both. It's the same with crime, with the economy, climate change. ↗

— David Miliband

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