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.
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Around the world, climate change is an existential threat - but if we harness the opportunities inherent in addressing climate change, we can reap enormous economic benefits.
We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.
We unfortunately already live on a planet where the climate has changed and will continue to change no matter what we do now. We're playing a game of making the problem less bad rather than preventing it.
Climate change has been going on as long as the planet is here, and there will always be a little bit of it.
The idea that we have the capacity to change or stop the climate, I'm just skeptical.
Climate change is a very real threat right now to our economy, the future of our children, to our way of life.
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.
I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet.
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.
If we do not change our negative habits toward climate change, we can count on worldwide disruptions in food production, resulting in mass migration, refugee crises and increased conflict over scarce natural resources like water and farm land. This is a recipe for major security problems.
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