Climate Change Quotes By Famous People. “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” — Albert Einstein
“We are the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last generation who can do something about it.”Barack Obama, Former US President
Quotes on Climate Change
- “I’ve starred in a lot of science fiction movies and, let me tell you something, climate change is not science fiction. This is a battle in the real world, it is impacting us right now.” Arnold Schwarzenegger, Actor & Former Governor of California
- “You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” — Jane Goodall
- “Twenty-five years ago people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing much, about climate change. Today we have no excuse.” — Desmond Tutu
- “By polluting the oceans, not mitigating CO2 emissions and destroying our biodiversity, we are killing our planet. Let us face it, there is no planet B.” Emmanuel Macron, President of France
- “If you really think that the environment is less important than the economy, try holding your breath while you count your money.” — Guy McPherson
- “I’m often asked whether I believe in global warming. I now just reply with the question: Do you believe in gravity?” — Neil deGrasse Tyson
- “Climate change is the greatest threat to our existence in our short history on this planet. Nobody’s going to buy their way out of its effects.” Mark Ruffalo, Actor & Environmentalist
- “Climate change is real. It is happening right now, it is the most urgent threat facing our entire species and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating.” Leonardo Di Caprio, Actor & Environmentalist
Quotes on global climate change
- “Believe in the power of your own voice. The more noise you make, the more accountability you demand from your leaders, the more our world will change for the better.” Al Gore, Former US Vice President
- “We are the first generation to feel the sting of climate change, and we are the last generation that can do something about it.” — Jay Inslee
- “I hold a vision of this blue green planet, safe and in balance. At the end of the Fossil Fuel Era, we are emerging to a new reality. We are ready to make the next leap – as momentous as abolishing slavery or giving women the vote.” Elizabeth May, Leader of Green Party of Canada
- “Even if you never have the chance to see or touch the ocean, the ocean touches you with every breath you take, every drop of water you drink, every bite you consume. Everyone everywhere is inextricably connected to and utterly dependent upon the existence of the sea.” — Sylvia Earle
- “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “Climate change knows no borders. It will not stop before the Pacific Islands and the whole of the international community here has to shoulder a responsibility to bring about sustainable development.” Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
Quotes for climate change
- “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” — Native American Proverb
- “We cannot burn our way to the future. We cannot pretend the danger does not exist — or dismiss it because it affects someone else.” — Ban Ki-moon
- “Climate change is the single greatest threat to a sustainable future but, at the same time, addressing the climate challenge presents a golden opportunity to promote prosperity, security and a brighter future for all.” Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of UN
- “We must face up to an inescapable reality: the challenges of sustainability simply overwhelm the adequacy of our responses. With some honorable exceptions, our responses are too few, too little, and too late.” — Kofi A. Annan
- “The time for seeking global solutions is running out. We can find suitable solutions only if we act together and in agreement.” Pope Francis, 266th Catholic Pope
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“There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.”
~ Marshall McLuhan
- “We are the last people who can prevent catastrophe on the planet. We have no excuse for failure.”
~ Amina J. Mohammed, UN deputy secretary-general, May 2017 - “Stopping climate change will make us richer than doing nothing”
~ James Shaw, New Zealand’s climate minister, in July 2018
- “The environment is where we all meet; where all of us have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.” — Lady Bird Johnson
- “All things share the same breath — the beast, the tree, the man. The air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.” — Chief Seattle
- “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” Dr Jane Goodall, Scientist & Activist
- “We are living on this planet as if we had another one to go to.” — Terri Swearingen
- “The Earth is a fine place and worth fighting for.” — Ernest Hemingway
- “Adults keep saying we owe it to the young people, to give them hope, but I don’t want your hope. I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. I want you to act. I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if the house is on fire because it is.” Greta Thunberg, 16 year-old Swedish Activist
- “While the problem can sometimes seem overwhelming, we can turn things around — but we must move beyond climate talk to climate action.” — Ted Turner
