Tag: climate change

“Exactly the kinds of things that we’re seeing, even with this type of event, is what we’re projecting we will see more of in the coming decades.”

"These currently elevated rates of ice melting may signal that those vital arteries from the heart of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet have been ruptured," said one researcher. "Is it too late to stop the bleeding?"

The bill would "clean up the shipping industry, protect the health of port communities, address environmental injustice, and provide solutions to the climate crisis."

Humanity has always been resilient. When our backs are against the wall, we will stand up and fight against whatever is trying to hold us down.

“We have known about this for half a century, and have failed to do anything meaningful about it. What’s it going to take for us to wake up?”

“High income countries have to take a progressive and active role when it comes to tackling climate change.”

“We are united in the view that climate and environment security are absolutely synonymous with energy and national security."

“We need to cut the short-lived pollutants so that there are no short-term catastrophes in the next 25 years, without losing track of the long term.”

Environmental concerns are at risk of being laid aside during wartime.

“Today’s State of the Climate report is a dismal litany of humanity’s failure to tackle climate disruption. Fossil fuels are a dead end—environmentally and economically.”