Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Born : June 7, 1950 Browse All Authors Top 15 quotes by Hans Joachim Schellnhuber The first law of humanity is not to kill your children. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber humanity law children What is the difference between a 2°C world and a 4°C world? Human civilisation! Hans Joachim Schellnhuber differences humans world The bottom billion people don't contribute at all to climate change - maybe 1 percent of emissions, they could double or triple their emissions and the climate would not be destabilised. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber climate change people Neither transitions nor transformations will be manageable without novel forms of global governance and markets Hans Joachim Schellnhuber transformation transition novel Don't ask what global climate protection can do for your country; ask what your country can do for climate protection. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber protection climate country Either the Earth System would undergo major phase transitions as a result of unchecked human pressure on nature's capacities and resources or a "Great Transformation" towards global sustainability would be initiated in due course. Neither transitions nor transformations will be manageable without novel forms of global governance and markets. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber phases transition would-be We have 20 years [until 2026] to reduce carbon emissions or climate change will become irreversible. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber carbon-emissions environmental years When you imagine that if all these 9 billion people claim all these resources, then the earth will explode. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber global-warming earth people In a sense the U.S. is climate illiterate. If you look at global polls about what the public knows about climate change even in Brazil, China you have more people who know about the problem and think deep cuts in emission are needed. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber cutting people thinking The planetary machinery tends to be jumpy, this is to respond disproportionately to disruptions that come with the manmade greenhouse effect. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber machinery climate-change disruption Like no other force on the planet, ice ages have shaped the global environment. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber environment The bottom billion people don’t contribute at all to climate change - maybe 1 percent of emissions, they could double or triple their emissions and the climate would not be destabilized. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber environment In the end I think it’s a moral decision whether we want to get this transformation going over the next decades or not. This is about a global social movement. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber environment The scientist who knows absolutely enough about the risk we face should be willing to make recommendations now. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber energy It will not be a piece of cake, it would be perhaps comparable to what the United States did in the Second World War - they changed their economy to producing tanks rather than automobiles. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber energy
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