Patrick Murphy Quotes

As the former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and former governor of New Jersey, I have witnessed the impact of climate change firsthand.

I believe that the United States has a moral and economic imperative to mitigate the impacts of climate change.

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

Global climate change has a profound impact on the survival and development of mankind. It is a major challenge facing all countries.

I want to use my position of leadership to help move along at a faster pace what I believe and know the Obama administration wants to do around the urgency of climate change.

Climate change is hugely exacerbated by changing patterns of how we choose to live, often in danger zones such as extremely vulnerable coastal zones - from New Jersey to the Philippines. This enormously increases the economic and human costs of hurricanes, rising seas and changing weather patterns.

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.

Climate change is also clearly a matter of huge interest and concern for the scientific community.

Australia has suffered a decade of drought, epic floods, a Category 5 cyclone, and a plague of locusts. But just because Aussies have the biggest carbon footprint in the world, it doesn't mean they're stupid.

The European nations take climate change very seriously.

We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.

Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.

Climate change is here. We have to learn how to deal with it.

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 a sustainable development.

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.

Preparing for climate change has to be a national priority backed by tens of billions in federal investment. Lives are on the line.

We not only need a rapid transition to a low-carbon economy that prevents the most cataclysmic consequences of global warming, we need real dollars and real planning for coastal protection to combat the consequences that are already inevitable.

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

Climate change is a global crisis - one the international community and private sector must tackle together if we have any hope of averting the worst impacts on our health, our economies, and our communities.

I do think that climate change is real. And I think that it's something that we have to deal with. But I also think it has to be a balance. And, you know, as governor of South Carolina, that was what I did.

Norway is combating climate change. It's an important issue for us. And we are committed to the Paris Agreement.

The climate change issue is real and we are seeing its effects right here in South Carolina.

Climate change is hugely threatening to our way of life, in the U.K., Europe and the world.

Businesses and governments need to work together and make a joint commitment if we want to address climate change effectively and quickly.