Al Gore
The dominance of short-term perspectives has led to routine decisions in the markets that sacrifice the long-term buildup of genuine value in pursuit of artificial, short-term gains.
The signs that the world is spinning out of kilter are increasingly difficult to misinterpret. The question is how to convince enough people to join a critical mass of urgent opinion, in the U.S. and the rest of the world.
I was in elective politics for 24 years. I've made four national races, two for President, two for Vice President. I have found there are other ways to serve, and I'm enjoying them.
The struggle against poverty in the world and the challenge of cutting wealthy country emissions all has a single, very simple solution... Here it is: Put a price on carbon.
Surveillance technologies now available - including the monitoring of virtually all digital information - have advanced to the point where much of the essential apparatus of a police state is already in place.
I wrote newspaper articles professionally for seven years, and I love newspapers.
Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We have everything we need except political will, but political will is a renewable resource.
I see myself in the mold of Rin Tin Tin. It didn't go to his head either.
There are many who would much prefer that the word 'climate' never be mentioned and that the issue be eliminated from our national conversation.
The golden thread of reason that used to be stretched taut to mark the boundary between the known and the unknown is now routinely disrespected.
The Internet empowers individuals to play a more active role in the political process, as Obama's campaign has manifested.
It's a blessing to have work that feels fulfilling.
The conversation on global warming has been stalled because a shrinking group of denialists fly into a rage when it's mentioned.
It's not unusual to find big political shifts that take place beneath the surface before they're visible above the surface.
America's political system has evolved over the last 50 years in ways that have enhanced the power of business lobbies.
There are skeptics who do not come to their view because they have a source of income from carbon polluters.
A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government.
The entire North Polar ice cap is disappearing before our very eyes. It's been the size of the continental United States for the last 3 million years and now 40 percent is gone and the rest of it is going.
I take no pleasure in the fact that the scientific predictions I've relayed to popular audiences turn out to be true.
The Bush administration works closely with a network of rapid response digital brownshirts who work to pressure reporters and their editors for 'undermining support for our troops.'
I think that more diversity is a good thing, and fresh points of view articulated by people who are committed to excellence in journalism is a beneficial change in the American media landscape.
We are going to have the best educated American people in the world.
When people flirt with despair about the future, they are less likely to take the actions necessary to safeguard it, focusing instead on the short-term.
George Bush taking credit for the wall coming down is like the rooster taking credit for the sun rising.
For a free country to continue thriving, there have to be regular reforms, because any society, any economy that stays in place, you're going to see repeated attempts to exploit the openings for twisting policy to the advantage of those who already have wealth and power.
The Congress is virtually incapable of passing any reforms unless they first get permission from the powerful special interests who are most affected by the proposal.
I flew on Air Force Two for eight years, and now I have to take off my shoes to get on an aeroplane.
There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of future ideas is impossible in soundbite form.
I'm old enough to know that a red carpet's just a rug, and I've been able to enjoy the pageantry without letting it go to my head.
If the only tool we use to analyse what's valuable is a price tag, then those things that don't have price tags begin to look like they have no value.
There is the natural tendency that all of us are vulnerable to, to deny unpleasant realities and to look for any excuse to push them away and resolve to think about them another day long in the future.
Each and every one of us can make changes in the way we live our lives and become part of the solution [to climate change]Collection: Climate
Humanity is sitting on a time bomb. If the vast majority of the world's scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet's climate system into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced - a catastrophe of our own making.Collection: Epic
Believe in the power of your own voice. The more noise you make, the more accountability you demand from your leaders, the more our world will change for the better.Collection: Believe
In a time of darkness, you don't curse the darkness, you light a candle.Collection: Light
Global warming, along with the cutting and burning of forests and other critical habitats, is causing the loss of living species at a level comparable to the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. That event was believed to have been caused by a giant asteroid. This time it is not an asteroid colliding with the Earth and wreaking havoc: it is us.Collection: Inspirational
The climate crisis is not a political issue; it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level.Collection: Spiritual
The climate crisis is the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. From not only the warming of the earth with higher global temperatures, but also from strengthening storms and expanding droughts to melting ice and rising seas, the costs of carbon pollution are already being felt by governments, corporations, taxpayers and families around the world. The climate crisis will affect everything that we love and alter the course of our future. Now, more than ever, we must come together to solve this global crisis. We must act decisively, rise to the occasion and solve this monumental challenge.Collection: Government
In order to solve the climate crisis, we need to solve the democracy crisis.Collection: Order
Here is the truth: The Earth is round; Saddam Hussein did not attack us on 9/11; Elvis is dead; Obama was born in the United States; and the climate crisis is real.Collection: Real
We're operating this planet like a business in liquidation.Collection: Climate
The warnings about global warming have been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate crisis. It is deepening. We are entering a period of consequences.Collection: Long
Every nation has a moral obligation to safeguard the future.Collection: Moral
When fear displaces reason, the result is often irrational hatred and division.Collection: Life
Future generations may well have occasion to ask themselves, "What were our parents thinking? Why didn't they wake up when they had a chance?" We have to hear that question from them, now.Collection: Thinking
I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.Collection: Funny
Scientists with access to data from Navy submarines traversing underneath the North polar ice cap have warned that there is now a 75 percent chance that within five years the entire ice cap will completely disappear during the summer months.Collection: Summer
The will to act is a renewable resource.Collection: Energy
As many know, the Chinese expression for "crisis" consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for "danger," the second the symbol for "opportunity."Collection: Character