Climate change

Will Steffen

Inserted 2 years ago

“Unfortunately, our government is actually expanding the coal industry. We're opening up new coal mines with project lifespans of 25 years or so. If we continue with this, we'd put the Paris climate goals out of reach.”

Aljazeera

Climate change expert at the Australian National University

04 Nov 2021 3 3

Wang Wenbin

Inserted 2 years ago

“Actions speak louder than words. What we need in order to deal with climate change is concrete action rather than empty words. China's actions in response to climate change are real.”

Aljazeera

Spokesperson of China and deputy director of the Foreign Ministry Information Department of China

03 Nov 2021 1 7

Ursula von der Leyen

Inserted 2 years ago

“More than 80 countries had signed on to the methane cut, which would immediately slow down climate change. About 30 percent of global warming since the Industrial Revolution is due to methane. Today global methane emissions grow faster than at any time in the past. Reducing methane is one of the most effective ways to reduce near-term warming and keep the Paris goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming alive. It is the lowest hanging fruit.”

Aljazeera

President of the European Commission

02 Nov 2021 5 4

Joe Biden

Inserted 2 years ago

“One of the most important things we can do between now and 2030, to keep 1.5C in reach, is reduce our methane emissions as soon as possible.”

Aljazeera

President of the United States

02 Nov 2021 3 4

Narendra Modi

Inserted 2 years ago

“By 2070, India will achieve the target of net-zero emissions. Instead of mindless and destructive consumption we need mindful and deliberate utilisation. These choices, made by billions of people, can take the fight against climate change one step further.”

Aljazeera

Prime Minister of India

01 Nov 2021 2 4

Drew Shindell

Inserted 2 years ago

“We think of our air as being relatively clean in North America. And so one of the things I think is so incredible is how many people are still affected by our air quality, even though it's so much better than it was decades ago. The striking predictions suggest human actions to curb air pollution now can make a difference in both the long and short term. Fewer children going to the hospital with asthma attacks, fewer elderly people dying of respiratory illnesses or heart attacks. I think most anywhere that takes action to mitigate climate change can expect to see enormous benefits very, very rapidly … if the whole world co-operates, then of course, we also solve the climate crisis.”

Cbc

Physicist and a climate specialist and professor at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment

01 Nov 2021 7 4

Alok Sharma

Inserted 2 years ago

“We need to come out of Glasgow saying with credibility that we have kept 1.5 alive. We're already at global warming at 1.1 degrees above pre-industrial levels. At 1.5 there are countries in the world that will be underwater, and that's why we need to get an agreement here on how we tackle climate change over the next decade.”

Reuters

President of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26)

31 Oct 2021 4 4

Boris Johnson

Inserted 2 years ago

“There is absolutely no question that this is a reality we must face. I would say that humanity as a whole is about 5-1 down at half-time. We've got a long way to go, but we can do it. We have the ability to come back but it's going to take a huge amount of effort. Team World is up against a very formidable opponent in climate change. Rome's ancient monuments could be seen as a memento mori to us, demonstrating how quickly civilisations can decline. Humanity, civilisation, society, can go backwards as well as forwards, and when things start to go wrong they can go wrong at extraordinary speed. You saw that with the decline and fall of the Roman empire, and I'm afraid to say that it's true today that unless we get this right in tackling climate change, we could see our civilisation, our world also go backwards.”

Theguardian

UK Prime Minister

29 Oct 2021 3 4

Myles Allen

Inserted 2 years ago

“There is no appetite for reducing fossil fuel consumption globally at the rate required to meet our climate goals.”

Aljazeera

Professor of Geosystem Science at the University of Oxford

26 Oct 2021 2 4

António Guterres

Inserted 2 years ago

“This report is another thundering wake-up call. How many do we need? The emissions gap is the result of a leadership gap. The era of half measures and hollow promises must end. The time for closing the leadership gap must begin in Glasgow.”

Aljazeera

Secretary-general of the United Nations

26 Oct 2021 2 3

Inger Andersen

Inserted 2 years ago

“The G20 countries are responsible for 78 percent of all emissions so the 'to do item' lies with them. The developed countries have a special responsibility to really step up, but actually everyone does - all 193 member states. Action is needed now.”

Aljazeera

Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

26 Oct 2021 3 4

Patricia Espinosa

Inserted 2 years ago

“Overshooting the temperature goals will lead to a destabilised world and endless suffering, especially among those who have contributed the least to the (greenhouse gas) emissions in the atmosphere. We are nowhere near where science says we should be.”

Reuters

Head of the U.N. climate office

25 Oct 2021 4 3

Petteri Taalas

Inserted 2 years ago

“We are way off track. We need to revisit our industrial, energy and transport systems and whole way of life.”

Reuters

Secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization

25 Oct 2021 3 3

Marisol Maddox

Inserted 2 years ago

“Russia is talking up the merits of their adaptation approach because they want to fully realize the commercial potential of their fossil fuel resources. Overall for Russia the evidence suggests the risks far outweigh the benefits, no matter how optimistic the Russian government's language.”

Nytimes

Arctic analyst at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington

22 Oct 2021 3 7

Chris Garrard

Inserted 2 years ago

“For years oil companies have been given prominent platforms at the UN climate negotiations, promoting themselves as climate leaders while they continued to pour millions into new fossil fuels, so this is a big step forward.”

Theguardian

Co-director of campaign group Culture Unstained

21 Oct 2021 4 5

Greta Thunberg

Inserted 2 years ago

“In such an emergency as we are in right now, everyone needs to take their moral responsibility, at least I think so, and use whatever power they have, whatever platform they have, to try to influence and push in the right direction, to make a change. I think that's our duty as human beings.”

Theguardian

Climate Activist

12 Oct 2021 3 2

Max Callaghan

Inserted 2 years ago

“We have a huge evidence base now that documents how climate change is affecting our societies and our ecosystems. Climate change is visible and noticeable almost everywhere in the world.”

Koreatimes

Researcher at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change in Germany

11 Oct 2021 3 1

Greta Thunberg

Inserted 2 years ago

“Build back better. Blah, blah, blah. Green economy. Blah blah blah. Net zero by 2050. Blah, blah, blah. This is all we hear from our so-called leaders. Words that sound great but so far have not led to action. Our hopes and ambitions drown in their empty promises. Of course we need constructive dialogue. But they've now had 30 years of blah, blah, blah and where has that led us? We can still turn this around - it is entirely possible. It will take immediate, drastic annual emission reductions. But not if things go on like today. Our leaders' intentional lack of action is a betrayal toward all present and future generations.”

Theguardian

Climate Activist

28 Sep 2021 3 4

Bob Loughman

Inserted 2 years ago

“The dire consequences of climate change can no longer be ignored, and the science linking climate change to past and present emissions of greenhouse gases is now beyond question. Climate change is driving sea level rise, desertification, disease redistribution, floods, unprecedented 'heat domes', cyclones, hurricanes, and other extreme weather events.”

Theguardian

Prime Minister of Vanuatu

26 Sep 2021 8 5

Greta Thunberg

Inserted 2 years ago

“We can still turn this around. We demand change, and we are the change.”

Aljazeera

Climate Activist

24 Sep 2021 0 3

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“Unfortunately, our government is actually expanding the coal industry. We're opening up new coal mines with project lifespans of 25 years or so. If we continue with this, we'd put the Paris climate goals out of reach.”

“Actions speak louder than words. What we need in order to deal with climate change is concrete action rather than empty words. China's actions in response to climate change are real.”

“One of the most important things we can do between now and 2030, to keep 1.5C in reach, is reduce our methane emissions as soon as possible.”

“By 2070, India will achieve the target of net-zero emissions. Instead of mindless and destructive consumption we need mindful and deliberate utilisation. These choices, made by billions of people, can take the fight against climate change one step further.”

“There is no appetite for reducing fossil fuel consumption globally at the rate required to meet our climate goals.”

“This report is another thundering wake-up call. How many do we need? The emissions gap is the result of a leadership gap. The era of half measures and hollow promises must end. The time for closing the leadership gap must begin in Glasgow.”

“The G20 countries are responsible for 78 percent of all emissions so the 'to do item' lies with them. The developed countries have a special responsibility to really step up, but actually everyone does - all 193 member states. Action is needed now.”

“Overshooting the temperature goals will lead to a destabilised world and endless suffering, especially among those who have contributed the least to the (greenhouse gas) emissions in the atmosphere. We are nowhere near where science says we should be.”

“We are way off track. We need to revisit our industrial, energy and transport systems and whole way of life.”

“Russia is talking up the merits of their adaptation approach because they want to fully realize the commercial potential of their fossil fuel resources. Overall for Russia the evidence suggests the risks far outweigh the benefits, no matter how optimistic the Russian government's language.”

“For years oil companies have been given prominent platforms at the UN climate negotiations, promoting themselves as climate leaders while they continued to pour millions into new fossil fuels, so this is a big step forward.”

“In such an emergency as we are in right now, everyone needs to take their moral responsibility, at least I think so, and use whatever power they have, whatever platform they have, to try to influence and push in the right direction, to make a change. I think that's our duty as human beings.”

“We have a huge evidence base now that documents how climate change is affecting our societies and our ecosystems. Climate change is visible and noticeable almost everywhere in the world.”

“We can still turn this around. We demand change, and we are the change.”

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