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Meadows, Randers & MeadowsHumanity has squandered the opportunity to correct our current course over the last 30 years..., and much must change if the world is to avoid the serious consequences of overshoot in the 21st century.a Synopsis. Limits to Growth. The 30-year update. 2004

Meadows, Randers & MeadowsThe world can respond in three ways to signal that resource use and pollution emissions have gone beyond their sustainable limits. One way is to disguise, deny, or confuse the signals. (...) A second way is to alleviate the pressures from limits by employing technical or economic fixes. (...) The third way is to work on the underlying causes , to recognize that the socio--economic system has overshot its limits, is headed toward collapse, and therefore seek to change the structure of the system.a Synopsis. Limits to Growth. The 30-year update. 2004

Obama - known for his rhetorical flourish should be another rich source of global warming quotes. But will he act?

Barack ObamaAll across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to man, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster. speech, April 3rd, 2006

Jeremy RifkinOur species now faces its greatest challenge: the awaken the consciousness and conscience of humanity to the perils of a globe that is burning up ... The global greenhouse warming is the first truly universal crisis that our species has ever faced. The altered climate of the globe affects every aspect of existence... This is a crisis from which there is no escape, and no place to hide. Its impact will be felt across all geopolitical, ethnic and class boundaries. The global warming is the first human crisis in which the context is the entire planet.Entropy. Into the Greenhouse World. 1980. New Sciences

Of course reports on climate change are a rich source of global warming quotes. Here's one:

Stern ReportNo-one can predict the consequences of climate change with complete certainty; but we now know enough to understand the risks. Mitigation - taking strong action toreduce emissions - must be viewed as an investment, a cost incurred now and in thecoming few decades to avoid the risks of very severe consequences in the future. Ifthese investments are made wisely, the costs will be manageable, and there will be awide range of opportunities for growth and development along the way.Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the UK Government Economics Service and Adviser to the Government on the economics of climate change and development presented his economic impact report of climate change to present his report to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Economics of Climate Change in 2006.

I heard David Suzuki speak some years ago, in Perth, Western Australia. Another rich and committed source of global warming quotes.

David SuzukiHuman beings entered the second millenium more or less as we began our sojourn on Earth – as intelligent, inventive creatures with numerous cultures to our credit, but tied to the Earth in every way imaginable. (...) For most of human existence, the natural world seemed to be the unlimited source for our physical, social and spiritual needs. Natural systems readily absorbed the impact of our activities, and even when we exceeded the finite limits in one area we were able to move to new spaces to areas unoccupied by our kind. But those seemingly limited vistas have disappeared far faster than our culture has proved able to comprehend and adapt. There are no new lands to be exploited, and the diversity and abundance of every natural system on Earth are being rapidly degraded by human activity. This crisis has to be faced collectively, yet the driving forces of our current culture are still aimed in the wrong direction, still pursuing endless growth in a world that is perceived as an infinite source of wealth and opportunity.Naked Ape to Superspecies. 1999. Allen & Unwin.

George TurnerWe can be sure only that enormous challenges will take place in the next two or three generations, all of them caused by ourselves, and that we will not be ready for them. How can we be? We talk of leaving a better world to our children but in fact do little more than rub along with day-to-day problems and hope that the longer day catastrophes will never happen. Sooner or later some of them will.The sea and Summer in Crowley & Pittock, 1989, Hotting Up, Matchbooks.

Archeologist David WebsterToo many farmers grew too many crops on too much of the landscapeAbout the collapse of the Maya society

E.O.WilsonEarth is still productive enough and human ingenuity creative enough not only to feed the world now but also to raise the standard of living of the population projected to at least the middle of the 21st Century. The great majority of ecosystems and species still surviving can also be protected. Of the two objectives the, humanitarian and environmental, the latter is by far the cheaper, and the best bargain humanity has ever been offered. For global conservation, only one-thousandth of the current annual world domestic product, $30 Billion out of approximately $30 Trillion, would accomplish most of the task. One key element, the protection and management of the world's existing natural reserves, could be financed by a one-cent-per-cup tax on coffee.2002.The Future of Life. Alfred Knopf.

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