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"All the modelling we do shows that the climate is poised on the jump up to a new hot state. It is accelerating so fast that you could say that we are already in it."
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"The scientists who do climate research understand that much of the ever increasing concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere since 1850 must be attributed to burning those fossil fuels to produce the energy that drives industrialization."

"I think that the climate within the band has changed, it's now in a more functional situation."

"We, the present generation, have the responsibility to act as a trustee of the rich natural wealth for the future generations. The issue is not merely about climate change; it is about climate justice."

"Whether the process proves to be Kyoto or something else, let's acknowledge the urgency of global warming."

"Today, we can see with our own eyes what global warming is doing. In that context it becomes truly irresponsible, if not immoral, for us not to do something."

"If you fill the atmosphere with toxins, then you really cannot be surprised if the solar radiation transmission through it becomes toxic to humans."

"In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents."

"While mainstream media is led by profit, ratings and popularist culture and filtered by the current political climate, Alternative Media is lead solely by the convictions of the campaign and film maker."

"Reverence for nature is part of our shared heritage. Combating climate change is in our enlightened self-interest."
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"Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From the dance emerges the entity Gaia."

"If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space."

"I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty."

"We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA."

"I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway."

"You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling job."

"Climatologists are all agreed that we'd be lucky to see the end of this century without the world being a totally different place, and being 8 or 9 degrees hotter on average."
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