As per the World Meteorological Organization, “ Climate change refers to a significant variation in the mean state of climate (in temperature, winds, precipitation etc) for an extended period of time (usually 10 years or longer)’
Climate Change has been a part of Earth’s geological history. This indicates that the mean annual temperature of the planet has increased and decreased by several degrees Celsius over the past million years. Times when temperatures have been relatively lower are called glacial periods are higher temperatures correspond to interglacial periods.
As per the State of Global Climate Report, 2018 (released by the World Meteorological Organization) annually in March of the subsequent year:
- Globally 14 of the 15 warmest years on record have occurred in the twenty-first century.
- 2018 was the fourth warmest year on record. The past four years - 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 - have been amongst the four warmest years on record. This suggests that the long-term warming trend continues over the planet.
Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report 1.5 DegreeC observes that’ human activities have caused approximately 1 degree C of global warming above pre-industrial levels.
The physical and socio-economic impacts of climate change are already visible. No country is immune from the effects of climate change. It is not simply an environmental challenge but has serious implications for future prospects of human development.
Many climate change activists in the world are fighting for a change for the better. With the rise of social media, now have an even bigger platform and a captive audience to express our views.
For your Inspiration here are the 40 most famous and impactful climate change quotes from people around the world.
Climate Change Quotes -
- 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 DiCaprio.
- “I hope to use my celebrity to motivate people and contribute to moving our global society back from the brink. I am surprised the environment is not at the top of the agenda. What is more important than good and clean air?” - Don Cheadle
- “Climate change is a terrible problem that needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.” - Bill Gates
- “We are running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe.” - Elon Musk
- “We need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also really important. You can wreck one rainforest then move, drain one area of resources and move onto another, but climate change is global.” - Sir David Attenborough
- “It’s not climate change that needs to be tackled. It is the political power of the fossil fuel industry.” - Richard Dennis
- “It’s not that the world hasn’t had more carbon dioxide, it’s not that the world hasn’t been warmer. The problem is the speed at which things are changing. We are inducing a sixth mass extinction event kind of by accident and we don’t want to be the ‘extinct.” - Bill Nye
- “Pollution and climate change by excessive burning of fossil fuels are real threats, not the people who warn that we must take these threats seriously.” - David Suzuki
- “Twenty-five years ago people could be excused for not knowing much or doing much, about climate change. Today we have no excuse.” - Desmond Tudu
- “Climate change is a huge challenge, but it can be brought in line if governments, businesses and individuals work together.” - Sir Richard Branson
- “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing nothing.” - Albert Einstein
- “Clean air and water, and a livable climate are inalienable human rights, And solving this crisis is not a question of politics. It is our moral obligation - if, admittedly, a daunting one.” - Leonardo DiCaprio
- “Avoiding climate breakdown will require cathedral thinking. We must lay the foundation while we may not know exactly how to build the ceiling.” - Greta Thunberg
- “Climate change is no longer some far-off problem; it is happening here; it is happening now.” - President Barack Obama
- “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
- “The warnings about global warming have been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate crisis. It is deepening. We are entering a period of consequences.” - Al Gore
- “Preservation of our environment is not a liberal or conservative challenge, it’s common sense.” -Ronald Reagan
- “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.” - Mahatma Gandhi
- “On Climate change, we often don’t fully appreciate that it is a problem. We think it is a problem waiting to happen.” -Koffi Annan
- “We simply must do everything we can in our power to slow down global warming before it is too late… The science is clear. The global warming debate is over.” -Arnold Schwarzenegger
- “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
- “Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.” - Tony Blair
- “We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain to look inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.” -Stephen Hawking
- “What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” - Henry David Thoreau
- “The planet will continue to cook.” - Paul Krugman
- “I hope to use my celebrity to motivate people and contribute to moving our global society back from the brink. I am surprised the environment is not at the top of the agenda. What is more important than good and clean air?” - Don Cheadle
- “If you really think that the environment is less important than the economy, try holding your breath while you count your money.” - Guy McPherson
- “Climate change isn’t something people get to choose to believe or not: it’s happening.” - Matt Gaetz
- “The challenge of pollution and global warming is no longer the science or the rate of innovation, but the rate of implementation: We have the clean solutions; now let’s bundle them and install them.” - Jens Martin Skibsted
- “Climate change is the Everest of all problems, the thorniest challenge facing humankind.” - Lewis Gordon Pugh
- “The strongest governments on earth cannot clean up pollution by themselves. They must rely on each ordinary person, like you and me, on our choices, and on our will.” - Chai Jing
- “One of the biggest obstacles to making a start on climate change is that it has become a cliche before it has been understood.” - Tim Flannery
- “Since global warming, Eskimos now have twenty different words for water.” - John O’Farrell
- “When I was a boy in the 1930s, the carbon dioxide level was still below 300 parts per million. This year, it reached 382, the highest figure for hundreds of thousands of years.” - David Attenborough
- “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
- “Change or be changed, right? And what we mean by that is that climate change, if we don’t change course if we don’t change our political and economic system, is going to change everything about our physical world” -Naomi Klein
- “The Earth should not be a worse place after my life than it was when I was born here.” - Rob Stewart
- “The world must come together to confront climate change. There is little scientific dispute that if we do nothing, we will face more drought, famine and mass displacement that will fuel more conflict for decades.” - Barack Obama
- “We don’t have time to sit on our hands as our planet burns. For young people, climate change is bigger than election or re-election. It’s life or death.” - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- “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
- “The Earth should not be a worse place after my life than it was when I was born here.” - Rob Stewart
- “The world must come together to confront climate change. There is little scientific dispute that if we do nothing, we will face more drought, famine and mass displacement that will fuel more conflict for decades.” - Barack Obama
- “We don’t have time to sit on our hands as our planet burns. For young people, climate change is bigger than election or re-election. It’s life or death.” - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- “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
