It is my deep conviction that we have come up with an ambitious and balanced agreement. Today it is a moment of truth.
This universal and ambitious agreement sends a clear signal to governments, businesses, and investors everywhere: the transformation of our global economy from one
fuelled by dirty energy to one fuelled by sustainable economic growth is now firmly and inevitably underway.
Investors across Europe will now have the confidence to do much more to address the risks arising from high
carbon assets and to seek opportunities linked to the low carbon transition already transforming the world’s energy system and infrastructure.
This is a monumental triumph for people and planet. Climate change is the defining challenge of our time.
Climate justice has won and we are all working towards a greener future.
This is extraordinary. It’s a game changer. I could never have imagined that we would get there.
It’s a victory for all of the planet and future generations.
What is so special about this deal is that it puts the onus on every country to play its part.
We agree there is no development without tackling climate change. We cannot poison the planet and thrive.
We must now translate this agreement into concrete action.
Today we celebrate, tomorrow we have to act.
The world demanded climate action and the international community has responded. Today’s agreement demonstrates without question that it is possible for us to come together in common cause to address the greatest challenges we face, preventing tragedy for the many millions of people vulnerable to the effects of climate change
and securing the economic prosperity of the world in the 21st century.
Together, we’ve shown what’s possible when the world stands as one. In short, this agreement will mean less of the carbon pollution that threatens our planet and more of the jobs and economic growth driven by low-carbon investments.
The power of the fossil fuel industry is reflected in the text of the agreement, which drags out the transition [to clean energy] so far that endless climate damage will be done.
The deal puts the fossil fuel industry on the wrong side of history. But emission targets are not big enough.
In Paris, all 195 governments agreed, and this is a kind of miracle in itself, on achieving greenhouse-gas neutrality by 2050.
Paris has in fact defined 100 % renewable energies as the achievable, the new normal!
The Paris agreement is a breakthrough. Earth's fate now depends on how fast and how strong we implement policy instruments to actually reach the great target of strictly limiting global temperature increase and the resulting climate risks.
Reason and moral combined at the COP21 to deliver a historical climate agreement that finally transcends national egotisms.
We have seen a strong El Nino develop in the Tropical Pacific this year and that will have had some impact on this year's global temperature.
We've had similar natural events in the past, yet this is the first time we're set to reach the 1 °C marker
and it's clear that it is human influence driving our modern climate into uncharted territory.
Climate change undermines development gains.
If we do not properly police this Paris agreement, then the remaining 16 sustainable development goals will be undermined.
We need to strengthen climate action at all levels.
2015 didn’t just break the global temperature record — it crushed it.
Air pollution is a major contributing factor in the deaths of around 600,000 children under five every year –
and it threatens the lives and futures of millions more every day.
This new age is not just climate change.
It is everything change: the sky, the sea, the land, the rocks, life itself.
Emission reductions have led to improvements in air quality in Europe, but not enough to avoid unacceptable damage
to human health and the environment. We need to tackle
the root causes of air pollution, which calls for a fundamental and innovative transformation of our mobility, energy and food systems.
North Africa is already hot and is strongly increasing in temperature. At some point in this century, part of the region will become uninhabitable.
We’ve never seen anything like this scale of bleaching before. In the northern Great Barrier Reef, it’s like 10 cyclones have come ashore all at once.
What’s at stake right now is the existence of my generation.
The biggest challenge we face is shifting human consciousness, not saving the planet.
Because the planet doesn’t need saving; we do.
We are defining the future we will pass on to generations to come. This is a pivotal moment in our nation’s history.
Our work shows that U.S. consumers, regardless of political standing, age, or gender, want to use more renewable energy and less fossil fuels.
Climate change is fuelling this surge in child exploitation – forcing kids to swap the safety of the classroom for the toxic gas of the goldmine.
In future, the climate in large parts of the Middle East and North Africa
could change in such a manner that the very existence of its inhabitants is in jeopardy.
If mankind continues to release carbon dioxide as it does now,
people living in the Middle East and North Africa will
have to expect about 200 unusually hot days, according to the model projections.
Climate change will significantly worsen the living conditions
in the Middle East and in North Africa.
Prolonged heat waves and desert dust storms can render
some regions uninhabitable, which will surely contribute to the pressure to migrate,