The second edition of Reaching Net Zero was published by Elsevier in March 2024 under a new title, The Global Climate Crisis: What To Do About It

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QUOTES TIMELINE

CLIMATE CHANGE

2020

“Failure is an option.” W. D. Fletcher, 2020

2019

“…Renewables are now the cheapest form of new electricity generation across two thirds of the world.” Bloomberg New Energy Finance, 2019

2018

“It is extremely likely that human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse gases, are the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century.” NCA4, 2018

2017

“Between 1990 and 2016, the world lost an estimated 1.3 million square kilometers of forests, an area larger than South Africa.” World Bank, 2017

2014

“…World climate experts set a goal of limiting the earth’s average temperature increase to 1.5°C (2.7°F).” IPCC, 2014

1985

“Innovate or die.” Peter Drucker, 1985

1976

“If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” Herb Stein, 1976

1896

A Swedish scientist shows that atmospheric CO2 can raise or lower earth’s temperature. Svante Arrhenius, 1896

Genesis 7:12-13

“…the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.” Genesis 7:12-13

2019

“Scientists have known for some time, from multiple lines of evidence, that humans are changing Earth’s climate.” Statement by the Presidents of the U.S. National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, 2019

2019

The ocean is warmer, more acidic, and less productive. Melting glaciers and ice sheets are causing sea level rise, and coastal extreme events are becoming more severe. IPCC, 2019

2018

“To limit global warming to less than 1.5 °C, greenhouse gas emissions would have to be reduced to net zero by 2050.” IPCC, 2018.

2017

The Water will come.” Jeff Goodell, 2017

2010

“If we don’t stop pouring more carbon into the atmosphere, the temperature will keep rising, right past the point where any kind of adaptation will prove impossible.” Bill McKibben, 2010

1978

“The composition of the atmosphere of our home planet was changing before our eyes, and it was changing more and more rapidly.” James Hansen, 1978

1961

A Scripps scientist in Hawaii has produced data showing that atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide are rising steadily. Charles Keeling, 1961

1824

The term “Greenhouse effect” is invented by a French mathematician. Joseph Fourier, 1824