The fight against global warming is a humanitarian issue - how the planet can be preserved - and it is also an issue of considerable economic importance, of what we call green growth.
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I have long understood that climate change is not only an environmental issue - it is a humanitarian, economic, health, and justice issue as well.
Global warming is a political issue. It is as much a political issue to the left as abortion is. It's as big a political issue as health care is.
There isn't a more important issue in the world than global warming. Even the Cold War and the Bay of Pigs crisis were a notional threat.
Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.
I believe we should reframe our response to climate change as an imperative for growth rather than merely being a way of being green or meeting environmental commitments.
Global climate change has a profound impact on the survival and development of mankind. It is a major challenge facing all countries.
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.
Climate change is a global problem. The planet is warming because of the growing level of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity. If this trend continues, truly catastrophic consequences are likely to ensue from rising sea levels, to reduced water availability, to more heat waves and fires.
If you ask what you are going to do about global warming, the only rational answer is to change the way in which we do transportation, energy production, agriculture and a good deal of manufacturing. The problem originates in human activity in the form of the production of goods.
The idea that global warming is the most important problem facing the world is total nonsense and is doing a lot of harm.