Barry Gardiner Quotes

With the growing urgency of climate change, we cannot have it both ways. We cannot shout from the rooftops about the dangers of global warming and then turn around and shout even louder about the "dangers" of windmills.

The Paris Agreement is a highly significant step in tackling climate change - but a piece of paper will not save the world. It is not 'job done.'

We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it's uncomfortable to talk about.

Climate change is real.

What do we do about climate change bearing down upon us?

I believe climate change is real - and I believe we have to act to protect the climate as fast as we possibly can.

Global warming is real. It is happening today. It is being charted by our satellites. It is being charted by our scientists. It is being charted by those of us in this body, and I think the real key is if we are ready to admit that fact and take the action to make the necessary conversion.

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.

The effects of climate change are real and must be acted on.

I'm not in favor of just taking short-term isolated situations and depleting our resources to keep our climate just the way it is today.

The European nations take climate change very seriously.

'Years of Living Dangerously' is a wonderful opportunity to reach a lot of people with the story and importance of climate change in our lives; in recent history, there's no bigger threat to the quality of human life than what is taking place right now in respect of climate change.

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.

I care about climate change because of our children. I want to safeguard their future.

The main cause that I have attached my name to and am working diligently in is the issue of climate change.

One thing we do know about the threat of climate change is that the cost of adjustment only grows the longer it's left unaddressed.

Ultimately, here is the choice we face: we can either make the solution to the climate crisis the central organizing principle of civilization–or the hostile conditions we are creating will grow rapidly worse, thickening the smothering blanket of global warming pollution surrounding our planet and destroy the viability of civilization as we know it.

Climate change is a real thing that is happening in the Maldives. It is not something in the future… We are only 1.5 meters above sea level. Fossil fuel technology is obsolete; it has been around for too long.

We’re the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.

Our world is moving forward on climate change. If Australia goes backwards, we will be going alone.

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.

There is no debate about whether or not climate change is happening. We will deal with it as a challenge. But we also take it as an opportunity to invest.

I founded NextGen Climate with a clear mission in mind: to act politically to prevent climate disaster and preserve American prosperity.

The bottom line is clear: Climate change is a reality, and it is having a real impact.

We believe addressing the risk of climate change is a global issue.