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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All the modelling we do shows that the climate is poised on the jump up...

All the modelling we do shows that the climate is poised on the jump up...

Science always uses metaphor.

Science always uses metaphor.

Let's make hay while it lasts.

Let's make hay while it lasts.

I'm not a pessimist, even though I do think awful things are going to happen.

I'm not a pessimist, even though I do think awful things are going to happen.

This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear...

This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear...

We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if...

We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if...

An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.

An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.

There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's...

There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's...

Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no...

Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no...

Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate...

Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate...

For each of our actions there are only consequences.

For each of our actions there are only consequences.

NASA will send up a big sun shade that will be in orbit between the...

NASA will send up a big sun shade that will be in orbit between the...

You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that...

You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that...

Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long.

Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long.

You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.

You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.

Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.

There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools.

Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools.

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...