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Climate Change Quotes

Words on a problem that stopped feeling abstract.

These quotes trace climate change from a distant academic topic to a widely acknowledged and pressing concern, touching on carbon pricing as one practical response. Others connect it to broader patterns of resource depletion and waste. For related messaging, see Slogans.

You can't solve climate change by everybody individually buying a more efficient car and throwing out less stuff. You have to make national changes through national policy.

Quotes by Adam Conover

Climate change - for so long an abstract concern for an academic few - is no longer so abstract. Even the Bush administration's Climate Change Science Programme reports 'clear evidence of human influences on the climate system.'

Quotes by Zac Goldsmith

With so much evidence of depleting natural resources, toxic waste, climate change, irreparable harm to our food chain and rapidly increasing instances of natural disasters, why do we keep perpetuating the problem? Why do we continue marching at the same...

Quotes by Yehuda Berg

As is widely accepted, putting a price on carbon pollution is the lowest cost and most efficient way to tackle dangerous climate change.

Quotes by Wayne Swan

Believe Quotes

I want to ensure and the Government wants to ensure that Australia is well prepared to tackle dangerous climate change with a scheme which is both responsible and which meets our international commitments.

Quotes by Wayne Swan

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

Quotes by Vinod Khosla

Is it 10 years, 20, 50 before we reach that tipping point where climate change becomes irreversible? Nobody can know. There's clearly a probability distribution. We need to ensure this planet, and we need to do it quickly.

Quotes by Vinod Khosla

I'm a fiscal hawk. I vote against all taxes, but I do believe the environment, and climate change, is a bigger issue than fiscal deficits are as a risk to the nation.

Quotes by Vinod Khosla

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.

Quotes by Valerie Jarrett

Change Quotes

Disadvantaged communities are among the most vulnerable to climate change.

Quotes by Tulsi Gabbard

By using our renewable resources, energy can be generated in a carbon-responsible, cost-effective manner that also creates jobs and mitigates climate change, providing a workable and affordable solution that will keep our planet healthy.

Quotes by Tulsi Tanti

Climate change is crap.

Quotes by Tony Abbott

The American people know that climate change is the kind of problem only America can solve.

Quotes by Tom Steyer

We continue to take seriously climate change - not the cause of it, but the things that we observe.

Quotes by Tom Bossert

Climate Quotes

The doomsayers of the 1970s were wrong about how quickly the world would run out of oil, but not about the dangers that hydrocarbon consumption posed to the global environment, especially with respect to climate change.

Quotes by Timothy Noah

The next four years, there won't be a week that goes by without a discussion of climate change. It's a naturally Conservative issue.

Quotes by Tim Yeo

The specter of climate change threatens worsening natural disasters, rapid urbanization, forced migration, and economic hardship for the most vulnerable. Despite significant global advances, inability to effectively address epidemics and health emergencies still prevail and continuously threaten global health security...

Quotes by Tedros Adhanom

Our military leaders have studied the climate change issue and now believe that mitigating climate change is an urgent national security issue.

Quotes by Ted Lieu

We must act to reduce the increasingly dangerous and destructive levels of carbon pollution that account for practically all of global climate change.

Quotes by Ted Lieu

Energy Quotes

Climate change, migration... they transcend national borders and require an international response.

Quotes by Taavet Hinrikus

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Climate Change quotes collection cover?
It gathers statements from policymakers and commentators on preparing for climate change, pricing carbon pollution, and the shift from treating climate change as an abstract academic concern to a widely accepted reality. It leans policy-minded rather than purely poetic.
Why do people search for climate change quotes?
Readers often want credible, well-phrased lines for awareness posts, classroom discussions, or campaigns, especially ones that explain complex policy ideas like carbon pricing in a single sentence.
Is there a quote here about carbon pricing specifically?
Yes, one entry frames a charge on carbon pollution as the cheapest and most effective route to addressing a dangerous problem. It pairs well with the dedicated Slogans page for campaign-style messaging.
What does the quote about evidence and natural disasters address?
It points to shrinking resources, pollution, damage to the food supply, and more frequent disasters as reasons to question why harmful patterns continue anyway. It's a useful line for posts urging accountability.
How can I use these climate change quotes?
They suit awareness campaigns, classroom slides, or social posts that ask people to Believe the evidence and support meaningful Change, and they read naturally alongside broader Climate content.

Read together, they show a shift from debate over evidence toward discussion of policy and responsibility. Explore more in Climate quotes or Change quotes.