As Development Secretary, I have seen in the developing world that climate change there is not a theory, is not a future threat: it is a contemporary crisis.
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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.
We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.
I think there is a degree of speculation that is satisfied the climate is changing.
It should simply be an empirical matter whether the climate is changing or not and whether we're responsible. But the various sides of the debate have now become so tribal that it's no longer a matter of changing our views as more information comes in.
I think global warming is the gravest threat. With global warming, it's the product of a war between old energy - between the carbon cronies, who, by the way, could not stay in business in a true free market capitalism.
Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening.
Climate change is a very real threat right now to our economy, the future of our children, to our way of life.
I have not made any suggestions about climate change. This is more about blending or shifting the conversation about the environment versus the economy. It's just such an old, outdated conversation.
I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet.
You always have to be worried about something that is considered a so-called 'scientific theory' that fits every scenario. Climate change, as they've defined it, can never be disproved.