"Those who are already feeling the effects..." - Quote by Barack Obama
Those who are already feeling the effects of climate change don't have time to deny it - they're busy dealing with it.
More by Barack Obama
“The Balkanization of the media means that nobody is having a single conversation with a single set of agreed-upon facts and assumptions the way you had as recently as the 90s.”
“Rather than double-down on the top-down economics that let a fortunate few play by their own rules, let’s embrace an economic patriotism that says we rise or fall together, as one nation, and as one people.”
“You have to have a strong team around you [being a president].”
More on Climate Change
“The US and Australia have a lot in common. One of the things we have in common is we produce a lot of carbon.”
“For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change. Now, it's true that no single event makes a trend. But the fact is the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15. Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, floods-all are now more frequent and more intense. We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence. Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science-and act before it's too late.”
“This is not some distant problem of the future. This is a problem that is affecting Americans right now. Whether it means increased flooding, greater vulnerability to drought, more severe wildfires - all these things are having an impact on Americans as we speak.”
More on Denial
“A culture that denies death inevitably becomes shallow and superficial, concerned only with the external form of things. When death is denied, life loses its depth.”
“He is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him.”
“I don't have much patience for anyone who denies that this challenge is real.”