What the experts say

“Our future is a race between the growing power of technology and the wisdom with which we use it.”

“Right now, much of the world is ‘Net Zero-aligned’ but there is no consensus on what that means, and it is slowing the pace of corporate emissions reduction and climate action plans.”

“The world is at a “tipping point” in the climate crisis that requires all countries to put aside their national interests to fight for the common good.”

“The searing temperatures experienced in Britain in 2022, when the country recorded its hottest day on record, will be considered average by 2060 and ‘cool’ by the end of the century,”

“More than half (53%) of 16- to 18-year- olds believe that it is “likely” that the world will end in their lifetimes because of climate change.”

“War is not the solution to the problems we face in the 21st century”

“Without action, you aren’t going anywhere”

“By 2050 global production of maize is predicted to reduce by a quarter, rice by 11% and potatoes by 9% and wheat by 3%. This will reduce global calorie availability by 35trillion, enough to feed 50 million mouths.”

“We are acting with reckless indifference to our future on planet Earth”

“By 2100, summer in the northern hemisphere is forecast to last six months whilst winter will be slashed to just right weeks.”

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”

“The UK can expect more severe storms such as Storm Eunice with a “sting jet” in their tail as climate change fuels conditions causing severe storms.
Sting jets are narrow bands of very intense winds, frequently less than 30 miles across, that often travel faster than 100 miles per hour.”

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“$157,664 per minute on nuclear weapons, that’s what the nine-nuclear armed states spent in 2022”

“Polluters must pay” for the escalating damage caused by heatwaves, floods, drought and other climate impacts, and demanded that it was “high time to put fossil fuel producers, investors and enablers on notice”.

“The Persian Gulf, South and Southeast Asia will bear the brunt of extreme heat. Sometime before 2100 Lucknow Uttar Pradesh and Patna Bihar are each predicted to suffer at least one heatwave with massive death tolls.”

“There is a real prospect that rising sea levels could turn Cambridge into a seaside town by the end of this century.”

“The earth has finally and clearly spoken, reminding us that we have been living outside the boundaries of nature’s laws. We need to urgently reframe our relationship afresh, in order to rebuild a regenerative future.”

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”