“We live in a strange world where children must sacrifice their own education in order to protest against the destruction of their future. Where the people who have contributed the least to this crisis are the ones who are going to be affected the most.”— Greta Thunberg, apnews.com
“According to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), we are less than 12 years away from not being able to undo our mistakes. In that time, unprecedented changes in all aspects of society need to have taken place, including a reduction of our .CO2 emissions by at least 50%.”— Greta Thunberg, bbc.com
“I don't want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act. I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if the house was on fire—because it is.”— Greta Thunberg, web.archive.org
“I want to feel safe. How can I feel safe when I know we are in the greatest crisis in human history?”— Greta Thunberg, theguardian.com
“Sadness and helplessness are a big part of this movement, actually.”— Heather Havrilesky, thecut.com
“'Why aren’t you panicking?' read a handwritten sign in Foley Square at New York City’s Youth Climate Strike this past Friday. It was a question clearly aimed at adults who have ignored the climate crisis for so long that it will be catastrophic by 2030, posed by children who fear they have no real f…”— Ella Riley-Adams, Shana Jade Trajanoska, Vogue, vogue.com
“Thunberg told representatives of 110 U.N. member states. 'I shouldn’t be standing here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to me for hope? How dare you? You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.'”— Emily Specter, vogue.com
“A growing number of Americans describe climate change as a crisis, and two-thirds say President Trump is doing too little to tackle the problem.”— Scott Clement , Steven Mufson, Brady Dennis, Washington Post, beta.washingtonpost.com
“Oh, come on, give me a break. This is exactly what the fossil fuel industry wants us to talk about. ... They want to be able to stir up a lot of controversy around your lightbulbs, around your straws, and around your cheeseburgers, when 70 percent of the pollution, of the carbon that we’re throwing…”— Elizabeth Warren, vox.com
“All climate change is governed by uncertainty, mostly the uncertainty of human action—what action will be taken, and when, to avert or forestall the dramatic transformation of life on the planet that will unfold in the absence of dramatic intervention.”— David Wallace-Wells, amazon.com
“We do want to create a system that is of the people, for the people. Many of the policies that we advocate, whether it is Medicare for all, or cancelling out student debt, or dealing with our climate crisis, most of those policies poll at 70 percent plus.”— Ilhan Omar, cbsnews.com
“In an unprecedented move at Amazon, more than 3,500 of the company’s corporate employees signed their names to a letter published on Wednesday that urged Jeff Bezos to create a comprehensive climate-change plan for the company.”— Jason Del Rey, recode.net
“This is the story of our changing planet and what we can do to help it thrive.”— Sophie Lanfear, Huw Cordey, Hugh Pearson, Mandi Stark, Jeff Wilson, Narrator, David Attenborough, imdb.com
“She said sure, there was a problem, but if anything was going to happen, she thought it would be more like in fifty years than thirty. It’s amazing that people in these situations tell you what they think.”— Sarah Miller, popula.com
“These are transformative times. Around the world, from Copenhagen to Chennai to Cupertino, new technologies are driving breakthroughs in humanity’s greatest common projects. From preventing and fighting disease…To curbing the effects of climate change…To ensuring every person has access to informati…”— Tim Cook, 9to5mac.com
“It’s refreshing to hear anyone—especially a Republican—actually hopeful on climate.”— Eric Holthaus, motherjones.com
“I lose sleep over climate change almost every single night. I can’t remember how long this has been happening, but it’s been quite a while, and it’s only getting worse. I confess: I need help.”— Eric Holthaus, sierraclub.org
“With climate, we are finally starting to realize that this is a story about people, not about science, graphs or charts. It’s really a story about ourselves and how we interact with the rest of the world.”— Eric Holthaus, goodgoodgood.co
“I'm a meteorologist by training and a journalist by profession. For the past 12 years, I've focused every working day on understanding, explaining, and trying to alleviate the effects of climate change. Yet global carbon emissions are more than 20 percent higher now than when I started work as a cli…”— Eric Holthaus, sierraclub.org
“I don’t know if it’s the right decision, but I know that I need to preserve my own well-being to continue to fight for the planet.”— Eric Holthaus, sierraclub.org