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Some Quotations on Climate Change from the World of Politics and Elsewhere
Collated by Paul MahonyNovember 2013
terrastendo.net
Some quotesP
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“This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
Some quotesP
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“This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Some quotes
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.comPaul M
ahon
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“This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Some quotes
Presidents since then:
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.comPaul M
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“This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Some quotes
Richard Nixon
Presidents since then:
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.comPaul M
ahon
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“This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Some quotes
Richard Nixon
Presidents since then:
Gerald Ford
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.comPaul M
ahon
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“This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Some quotes
Richard Nixon
Presidents since then:
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.comPaul M
ahon
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“This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Some quotes
Richard Nixon
Presidents since then:
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.comPaul M
ahon
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“This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Some quotes
Richard Nixon
Presidents since then:
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George Bush, Snr
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.comPaul M
ahon
y 2
013
“This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Some quotes
Richard Nixon
Presidents since then:
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George Bush, Snr
Bill Clinton
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.comPaul M
ahon
y 2
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“This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Some quotes
Richard Nixon
Presidents since then:
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George Bush, Snr
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.comPaul M
ahon
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“This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Some quotes
Richard Nixon
Presidents since then:
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George Bush, Snr
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.comPaul M
ahon
y 2
013
“This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Some quotes
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.com
Richard Nixon
Presidents since then:
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George Bush, Snr
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
EMISSIONS HAVE ACCELERATED!
Paul M
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“Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster.”
Some quotesP
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“Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster.”
Barack Obama, 3 April 2006
Some quotesP
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Barack Obama, 3 April 2006, cited in Spratt, D, “Bridging the gap between science and politics”, Climate Action Summit, 9 April, 2011, http://www.climateactioncentre.org/sites/default/files/1104%20-recent-science.pdfImage: President Barack Obama © Kurniawan1972 | Dreamstime.com
“Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster.”
Barack Obama, 3 April 2006
Barack Obama, 3 April 2006, cited in Spratt, D, “Bridging the gap between science and politics”, Climate Action Summit, 9 April, 2011, http://www.climateactioncentre.org/sites/default/files/1104%20-recent-science.pdfImage: President Barack Obama © Kurniawan1972 | Dreamstime.com
Some quotes
SO WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ABOUT IT MISTER PRESIDENT?
Paul M
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“Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster.”
Barack Obama, 3 April 2006
Some quotes
SO WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ABOUT IT MISTER PRESIDENT?
LET’S HOPE YOUR CLEAN POWER PLAN IS NOT TOO
LITTLE, TOO LATE.
Barack Obama, 3 April 2006, cited in Spratt, D, “Bridging the gap between science and politics”, Climate Action Summit, 9 April, 2011, http://www.climateactioncentre.org/sites/default/files/1104%20-recent-science.pdfImage: President Barack Obama © Kurniawan1972 | Dreamstime.com
Romm, J, Climate Progress, “’Invest, Divest’: Obama Goes Full Climate Hawk In Speech Unveiling Plan To Cut Carbon Pollution”Paul M
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Some quotesP
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“The climate change argument is absolute crap.”
Some quotesP
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“The climate change argument is absolute crap.”
Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott
Some quotes
Then Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, 2009, quoted on ABC TV “7.30 Report”, 2nd Feb, 2010, http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2010/s2808321.htm
Image: No Carbon Tax Rally ID 18918621 © Phillip Minnis | Dreamstime.com
Paul M
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“The climate change argument is absolute crap.”
Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott
Some quotes
Then Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, 2009, quoted on ABC TV “7.30 Report”, 2nd Feb, 2010, http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2010/s2808321.htm
Image: No Carbon Tax Rally ID 18918621 © Phillip Minnis | Dreamstime.com
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We’re sophisticated and knowledgeable in
Australia.
The need is urgent!
The need is urgent!“ . . . the world stands . . .
The need is urgent!on the edge of a precipice . . .“ . . . the world stands . . .
The need is urgent!on the edge of a precipice . . .“ . . . the world stands . . .
beyond which human actions will no longer be able to control in any meaningful way the trajectory of the climate system . . .”
The need is urgent!on the edge of a precipice . . .“ . . . the world stands . . .
beyond which human actions will no longer be able to control in any meaningful way the trajectory of the climate system . . .”
David Spratt, co-author of “Climate Code Red: the case for emergency action”, 2008Source: “Global Warming – No more business as usual: This is an emergency!”, Environmental Activists’
Conference ’08: Climate Emergency – No More Business as Usual, 10 October, 2008, reproduced in Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, http://links.org.au/node/683
Australian Climate Commission: “The Angry Summer”, http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/136923/20130919-
1415/climatecommission.gov.au/report/the-angry-summer/index.html
Australia’s “Angry Summer” 2012/13P
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Australian Climate Commission: “The Angry Summer”, http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/136923/20130919-
1415/climatecommission.gov.au/report/the-angry-summer/index.html
Australia’s “Angry Summer” 2012/13P
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“Statistically, there is a 1 in 500 chance that we
are talking about natural variation causing all
these new records.”
Australian Climate Commissioner Prof. Will Steffen, The Age 4 Mar 2013,
“Climate change a key factor in extreme weather, experts say”
Connor, S, “Vast methane 'plumes' seen in Arctic ocean as sea ice retreats”, The Independent, 13 December,
2011, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/vast-methane-plumes-seen-in-arctic-ocean-as-sea-ice-retreats-
6276278.html (Accessed 4 February 2012)
• Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane . . . have been seen bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean by scientists undertaking an extensive survey of the region.
• The scale and volume of the methane release has astonished the head of the Russian research team who has been surveying the seabed of the east Siberian Arctic Shelf off northern Russia for nearly 20 years.
• Igor Semiletov of the International Arctic Research Centre at the University of Alaska Fairbanks . . . said that he has never before witnessed the scale and force of the methane being released from beneath the Arctic seabed.
Dramatic and unprecedented
astonished
has never before witnessed the scale and force
of the methane being released from beneath the Arctic seabed.
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Permafrost
(It’s not all a direct quote, but it’s pretty close.)
Connor, S, “Vast methane 'plumes' seen in Arctic ocean as sea ice retreats”, The Independent, 13 December,
2011, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/vast-methane-plumes-seen-in-arctic-ocean-as-sea-ice-retreats-
6276278.html (Accessed 4 February 2012)
Dramatic and unprecedented
astonished
has never before witnessed the scale and force
of the methane being released from beneath the Arctic seabed.
Permafrost
(It’s not all a direct quote, but it’s pretty close.)
Paul M
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Connor, S, “Vast methane 'plumes' seen in Arctic ocean as sea ice retreats”, The Independent, 13 December,
2011, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/vast-methane-plumes-seen-in-arctic-ocean-as-sea-ice-retreats-
6276278.html (Accessed 4 February 2012)
Dramatic and unprecedented
astonished
has never before witnessed the scale and force
of the methane being released from beneath the Arctic seabed.
Permafrost
"We carried out checks at about 115 stationary points
and discovered methane fields of a fantastic scale - I
think on a scale not seen before. Some of the plumes
were a kilometre or more wide and the emissions went
directly into the atmosphere - the concentration was a
hundred times higher than normal."
Paul M
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Connor, S, “Vast methane 'plumes' seen in Arctic ocean as sea ice retreats”, The Independent, 13 December,
2011, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/vast-methane-plumes-seen-in-arctic-ocean-as-sea-ice-retreats-
6276278.html (Accessed 4 February 2012)
PermafrostP
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Some thoughts on climate-related risk management
“Perhaps the greatest flaw in the climate debate has been our inability, or refusal, to address risk and uncertainty realistically.”
Paul M
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Some thoughts on climate-related risk managementP
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“Scientists are giving increasingly urgent warnings on the mounting evidence of human-induced warming and the need for rapid carbon emission reductions.”
“Perhaps the greatest flaw in the climate debate has been our inability, or refusal, to address risk and uncertainty realistically.”
Some thoughts on climate-related risk managementP
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“Officialdom chooses to ignore these warnings, preferring policy based on ‘political realism’, shorthand for hoping the problem will go away.”
“Scientists are giving increasingly urgent warnings on the mounting evidence of human-induced warming and the need for rapid carbon emission reductions.”
“Perhaps the greatest flaw in the climate debate has been our inability, or refusal, to address risk and uncertainty realistically.”
Some thoughts on climate-related risk managementP
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“Business, supposedly the experts on risk management, should takeleadership, but have abrogated any responsibility, given that realistic action will require a fundamental redesign of the economic system, undermining established vested interests.”
“Officialdom chooses to ignore these warnings, preferring policy based on ‘political realism’, shorthand for hoping the problem will go away.”
“Scientists are giving increasingly urgent warnings on the mounting evidence of human-induced warming and the need for rapid carbon emission reductions.”
“Perhaps the greatest flaw in the climate debate has been our inability, or refusal, to address risk and uncertainty realistically.”
Some thoughts on climate-related risk managementP
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“The result is that nobody is seriously addressing the strategic risks to
which we are exposed.”
“Business, supposedly the experts on risk management, should takeleadership, but have abrogated any responsibility, given that realistic action will require a fundamental redesign of the economic system, undermining established vested interests.”
“Officialdom chooses to ignore these warnings, preferring policy based on ‘political realism’, shorthand for hoping the problem will go away.”
“Scientists are giving increasingly urgent warnings on the mounting evidence of human-induced warming and the need for rapid carbon emission reductions.”
“Perhaps the greatest flaw in the climate debate has been our inability, or refusal, to address risk and uncertainty realistically.”
“The result is that nobody is seriously addressing the strategic risks to
which we are exposed.”
“Business, supposedly the experts on risk management, should takeleadership, but have abrogated any responsibility, given that realistic action will require a fundamental redesign of the economic system, undermining established vested interests.”
“Officialdom chooses to ignore these warnings, preferring policy based on ‘political realism’, shorthand for hoping the problem will go away.”
“Scientists are giving increasingly urgent warnings on the mounting evidence of human-induced warming and the need for rapid carbon emission reductions.”
“Perhaps the greatest flaw in the climate debate has been our inability, or refusal, to address risk and uncertainty realistically.”
Some thoughts on climate-related risk managementP
aul M
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“Interview with Ian Dunlop”, Australian Centre for Leadership for Women, 8 March, 2012,
http://www.leadershipforwomen.com.au/transform/aclw-articles-published/expert-climate-change-panel/item/ian-dunlop
Ian Dunlop, 2012
Former international oil, gas and coal industry
executive.
“The result is that nobody is seriously addressing the strategic risks to
which we are exposed.”
“Business, supposedly the experts on risk management, should takeleadership, but have abrogated any responsibility, given that realistic action will require a fundamental redesign of the economic system, undermining established vested interests.”
“Officialdom chooses to ignore these warnings, preferring policy based on ‘political realism’, shorthand for hoping the problem will go away.”
“Scientists are giving increasingly urgent warnings on the mounting evidence of human-induced warming and the need for rapid carbon emission reductions.”
“Perhaps the greatest flaw in the climate debate has been our inability, or refusal, to address risk and uncertainty realistically.”
Some thoughts on climate-related risk managementP
aul M
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“Interview with Ian Dunlop”, Australian Centre for Leadership for Women, 8 March, 2012,
http://www.leadershipforwomen.com.au/transform/aclw-articles-published/expert-climate-change-panel/item/ian-dunlop
Ian Dunlop, 2012
Former international oil, gas and coal industry
executive.
Roles included Chair of the Australian Coal
Association and CEO of the Australian Institute of
Company Directors.
Paul M
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Former British PM, Margaret Thatcher
1989: British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher speaking to the United Nations General Assembly for
the first time in four years (choosing to focus solely on
the environment)
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Speech to United Nations General Assembly (Global Environment), 8 November,
1989, Margaret Thatcher Foundation, http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/107817
Paul M
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Former British PM, Margaret Thatcher
1989: British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher speaking to the United Nations General Assembly for
the first time in four years (choosing to focus solely on
the environment)
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Speech to United Nations General Assembly (Global Environment), 8 November,
1989, Margaret Thatcher Foundation, http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/107817
“Of all the challenges faced by the world community in
those four years, one has grown clearer than any other
in both urgency and importance. I refer to the threat to
our global environment. I shall take the opportunity of
addressing the general assembly to speak on that
subject alone.”
Paul M
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Former British PM, Margaret Thatcher
1989: British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher speaking to the United Nations General Assembly for
the first time in four years (choosing to focus solely on
the environment)
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Speech to United Nations General Assembly (Global Environment), 8 November,
1989, Margaret Thatcher Foundation, http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/107817
“Of all the challenges faced by the world community in
those four years, one has grown clearer than any other
in both urgency and importance. I refer to the threat to
our global environment. I shall take the opportunity of
addressing the general assembly to speak on that
subject alone.”
“We are seeing a vast increase in the amount of carbon dioxide reaching the
atmosphere. The annual increase is three billion tonnes, and half the carbon
emitted since the Industrial Revolution still remains in the atmosphere. At the
same time as this is happening, we are seeing the destruction on a vast scale
of tropical forests which are uniquely able to remove carbon dioxide from the
air.”
Telling it like it is
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
Paul M
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Telling it like it is
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
Source: Hansen, J., “Climate change is here — and worse than we thought”, The Washington Post, 4 August 2012,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/climate-change-is-here--and-worse-th%20an-we-thought/2012/08/03/6ae604c2-dd90-11e1-8e43-4a3c4375504a_story.htmlP
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“When we plotted the world’s changing temperatures on a bell curve, the extremes of unusually cool and, even more, the extremes of unusually hot are being altered so they are becoming both more common and more severe.”
Telling it like it is
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
Paul M
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“When we plotted the world’s changing temperatures on a bell curve, the extremes of unusually cool and, even more, the extremes of unusually hot are being altered so they are becoming both more common and more severe.”
Source: Hansen, J., “Climate change is here — and worse than we thought”, The Washington Post, 4 August 2012,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/climate-change-is-here--and-worse-th%20an-we-thought/2012/08/03/6ae604c2-dd90-11e1-8e43-4a3c4375504a_story.html
Telling it like it is
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
“When we plotted the world’s changing temperatures on a bell curve, the extremes of unusually cool and, even more, the extremes of unusually hot are being altered so they are becoming both more common and more severe.”
Paul M
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“Extremely hot temperatures covered about 0.1 percent to 0.2 percent of the globe in the . . . period from 1951 to 1980. In the last three decades, while the average temperature has slowly risen, the extremes have soared and now cover about 10 percent of the globe.”
Source: Hansen, J., “Climate change is here — and worse than we thought”, The Washington Post, 4 August 2012,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/climate-change-is-here--and-worse-th%20an-we-thought/2012/08/03/6ae604c2-dd90-11e1-8e43-4a3c4375504a_story.html
Hansen on Canadian Tar Sands
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
Paul M
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Hansen on Canadian Tar Sands
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
“If Canada proceeds [in extracting tar sands oil], and we do nothing, it will be game over for the climate.”
Source: Hansen, J., “Game Over for the Climate”, The New York Times, 9 May 2012,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/opinion/game-over-for-the-climate.html?_r=1&
Paul M
ahon
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Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
“If Canada proceeds [in extracting tar sands oil], and we do nothing, it will be game over for the climate.”
“Canada’s tar sands, deposits of sand saturated with bitumen, contain twice the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by global oil use in our entire history.”
Source: Hansen, J., “Game Over for the Climate”, The New York Times, 9 May 2012,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/opinion/game-over-for-the-climate.html?_r=1&
Paul M
ahon
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Hansen on Canadian Tar Sands
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
“If Canada proceeds [in extracting tar sands oil], and we do nothing, it will be game over for the climate.”
“Canada’s tar sands, deposits of sand saturated with bitumen, contain twice the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by global oil use in our entire history.”
Source: Hansen, J., “Game Over for the Climate”, The New York Times, 9 May 2012,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/opinion/game-over-for-the-climate.html?_r=1&
“. . . it will be game over for the climate.”
Paul M
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Hansen on Canadian Tar Sands
Hansen on Meat
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
Paul M
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Hansen on Meat
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
Paul M
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“ . . . in our personal life styles, the most
effective action is to begin to alter our diet more toward vegetarian . . . I have become
80%-90% vegetarian.”
Source: Submission to the Garnaut Review by Geoff Russell, Peter Singer and Barry Brook,
http://www.climatechange.gov.au/greenpaper/consultation/pubs/0409-russell.pdf
Cow Image: Brahman Bull | iStockphoto.com | tap10
Hansen on Meat
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
Paul M
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“ . . . in our personal life styles, the most
effective action is to begin to alter our diet more toward vegetarian . . . I have become
80%-90% vegetarian.”
Source: Submission to the Garnaut Review by Geoff Russell, Peter Singer and Barry Brook,
http://www.climatechange.gov.au/greenpaper/consultation/pubs/0409-russell.pdfRussell, G, “Dietary Guidelines Committee ignores climate change”, 24 March 2012, http://bravenewclimate.com/2012/03/24/dietary-gc-ignores-cc/
“If you eat further down on the food chain rather
than animals, which have produced many
greenhouse gases, and used much energy in the process of growing that meat, you can
actually make a bigger contribution in that way than just about anything. So that, in terms of
individual action, is perhaps the best thing you can do.”
More on Meat
“Please eat less meat; meat is a very carbon intensive commodity ... This is something that the IPCC was afraid to say earlier, but now we have said it.”
More on Meat
Source: Agence France-Presse, “Lifestyle changes can curb climate change: IPCC chief”, 15 January, 2010, http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iIVBkZpOUA9Hz3Xc2u-61mDlrw0Q
Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Head of IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
“Please eat less meat; meat is a very carbon intensive commodity ... This is something that the IPCC was afraid to say earlier, but now we have said it.”
More on Meat
The Western Diet
The Western Diet
Animal food products place . . .
“undue demand on land, water, and other resources required for intensive food production, which makes the typical Western diet not only undesirable from the standpoint of health but also environmentally unsustainable”
Animal food products place . . .
“undue demand on land, water, and other resources required for intensive food production, which makes the typical Western diet not only undesirable from the standpoint of health but also environmentally unsustainable”
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization, 2002
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and World Health Organization, “Human Vitamin and Mineral Requirements: Report of a joint FAO/WHO expert consultation Bangkok, Thailand”, 2001, pp. 14,
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/004/y2809e/y2809e00.pdf and http://www.fao.org/docrep/004/Y2809E/y2809e08.htm
The Western Diet
Paul M
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The Western Diet
“Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems. Urgent action is required to remedy the situation.”
Paul M
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The Western Diet
“Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems. Urgent action is required to remedy the situation.”
Henning Steinfeld, United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization,
2006 (Co-author of the UN FAO’s “Livestock’s Long Shadow” report)
Paul M
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FAO Newsroom “Livestock a major threat to environment - Remedies urgently needed”, 29 Nov 2006,
http://www.fao.org/NEWSROOM/EN/news/2006/1000448/index.html
Image: FAO name with flag © Fabrizio Mariani | Dreamstime.com
The Western Diet
Paul M
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The Western Diet
“A global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change, a UN report said today.”
The Guardian, 2nd June 2010
Paul M
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The Western Diet
Carus, F, “UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet”, 3 June 2010,
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jun/02/un-report-meat-free-diet
Paul M
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The Western Diet
Paul M
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“A new and hard-hitting report concludes that dramatically reforming, re-thinking and redesigning two sectors - energy and agriculture - could generate significant environmental, social and economic returns.”
The Western Diet
Paul M
ahon
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“A new and hard-hitting report concludes that dramatically reforming, re-thinking and redesigning two sectors - energy and agriculture - could generate significant environmental, social and economic returns.”
“Perhaps controversially, it . . . calls for a significant shift in diets away from animal based proteins towards more vegetable-based foods in order to dramatically reduce pressures on the environment.”
The Western Diet
“. . . substantial reduction of impacts would only be possible with a substantial worldwide diet change, away from animal products.”
Paul M
ahon
y 2
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“A new and hard-hitting report concludes that dramatically reforming, re-thinking and redesigning two sectors - energy and agriculture - could generate significant environmental, social and economic returns.”
“Perhaps controversially, it . . . calls for a significant shift in diets away from animal based proteins towards more vegetable-based foods in order to dramatically reduce pressures on the environment.”
The Western Diet
“. . . substantial reduction of impacts would only be possible with a substantial worldwide diet change, away from animal products.”
Paul M
ahon
y 2
013
“A new and hard-hitting report concludes that dramatically reforming, re-thinking and redesigning two sectors - energy and agriculture - could generate significant environmental, social and economic returns.”
“Perhaps controversially, it . . . calls for a significant shift in diets away from animal based proteins towards more vegetable-based foods in order to dramatically reduce pressures on the environment.”
United Nations Environment Program “Energy & Agriculture Top Resource Panel’s Priority List for Sustainable 21st Century”, 2 June 2010,
http://www.unep.org/wed/2010/english/media/EnergyAgric.asp
United Nations Environment Programme, June 2010
The Western Diet
Time to actP
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ahon
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Dr Andrew Glikson, earth and paleoclimate scientist at Australian National
University
“Contrarian claims by sceptics,
misrepresenting direct observations in
nature and ignoring the laws of physics,
have been adopted by neo-conservative
political parties.”
Dr Andrew Glikson, earth and paleoclimate scientist at Australian National
University
Sources: Glikson, A., “As emissions rise, we may be heading for an ice-free planet”, The Conversation, 18 January, 2012,http://theconversation.edu.au/as-emissions-rise-we-may-be-heading-for-an-ice-free-planet-4893 (Accessed 4 February 2012). Image: Earth © Pmakin | Dreamstime.com
Paul M
ahon
y 2
013
Time to act
“A corporate media maintains a
‘balance’ between facts and fiction.”
“Contrarian claims by sceptics,
misrepresenting direct observations in
nature and ignoring the laws of physics,
have been adopted by neo-conservative
political parties.”
Dr Andrew Glikson, earth and paleoclimate scientist at Australian National
University
Sources: Glikson, A., “As emissions rise, we may be heading for an ice-free planet”, The Conversation, 18 January, 2012,http://theconversation.edu.au/as-emissions-rise-we-may-be-heading-for-an-ice-free-planet-4893 (Accessed 4 February 2012). Image: Earth © Pmakin | Dreamstime.com
Paul M
ahon
y 2
013
Time to act
“The best that governments seem to do
is devise cosmetic solutions, or promise
further discussions, while time is
running out.”
“A corporate media maintains a
‘balance’ between facts and fiction.”
“Contrarian claims by sceptics,
misrepresenting direct observations in
nature and ignoring the laws of physics,
have been adopted by neo-conservative
political parties.”
Dr Andrew Glikson, earth and paleoclimate scientist at Australian National
University
Sources: Glikson, A., “As emissions rise, we may be heading for an ice-free planet”, The Conversation, 18 January, 2012,http://theconversation.edu.au/as-emissions-rise-we-may-be-heading-for-an-ice-free-planet-4893 (Accessed 4 February 2012). Image: Earth © Pmakin | Dreamstime.com
Paul M
ahon
y 2
013
Time to act
“The best that governments seem to do
is devise cosmetic solutions, or promise
further discussions, while time is
running out.”
“A corporate media maintains a
‘balance’ between facts and fiction.”
“Contrarian claims by sceptics,
misrepresenting direct observations in
nature and ignoring the laws of physics,
have been adopted by neo-conservative
political parties.”
“GOOD PLANETS ARE HARD TO COME BY!”
Dr Andrew Glikson, earth and paleoclimate scientist at Australian National
University
Sources: Glikson, A., “As emissions rise, we may be heading for an ice-free planet”, The Conversation, 18 January, 2012,http://theconversation.edu.au/as-emissions-rise-we-may-be-heading-for-an-ice-free-planet-4893 (Accessed 4 February 2012). Image: Earth © Pmakin | Dreamstime.com
Paul M
ahon
y 2
013
Time to act
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