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Jai Ganesh

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Climate Quotes - IV

Climate Quotes - IV

1. The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on fossil fuels. We need to find a new, sustainable path to the future we want. We need a clean industrial revolution. - Ban Ki-moon

2. Climate change is something that we cannot fix alone - it is the original collective action problem - it will not work unless almost all the large economies of the world act together. - Abhijit Banerjee

3. 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. - David Suzuki

4. By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The carbon gets up there, but the heating effect is delayed. And then the effect of that heat on the species and ecosystem is delayed. That means that even when you turn virtuous, things are actually going to get worse for quite a while. - Bill Gates

5. I believe climate change is real and that we can save our planet while creating millions of good-paying clean energy jobs. - Hillary Clinton

6. Europe has found itself confronted with fresh challenges - challenges of a global character, the nature of which is directly connected with changes in the international climate and the difficulties of seeking new models for co-operation. - Boris Yeltsin

7. Often times when you face such an overwhelming challenge as global climate change, it can be somewhat daunting - it's kind of like trying to lose weight, which I know something about. -
Hillary Clinton

8. The science linking the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather to the climate crisis has matured tremendously in the last couple of years. - Al Gore.

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