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Is Climate Change an Existential Threat?
Claims Last Updated 1 week ago Angela Merkel "Climate change is one of the greatest challenges mankind faces." Aug 09, 2007 Greta Thunberg Climate change is "above all, an existential crisis." Jan 16, 2020 Kamala Harris "The clock is no longer just ticking, it is banging." Dec 02, 2023 António Guterres "Humanity is on thin ice — and that ice is melting fast." Mar 20, 2023 Bjorn Lomborg Global warming is "a real problem," but not an "end-of-the-world catastrophe." Sep 24, 2023 Jane Goodall Climate change is "approaching a point of no return." Sep 28, 2022 Olaf Scholz "The fight against climate change will be the defining issue of the coming decades for all of us." Oct 18, 2019 Bill Gates "As awful as this [COVID] pandemic is, climate change could be worse." Aug 04, 2020 Rishi Sunak "There is no long-term prosperity without action on climate change." Nov 02, 2022 Patrick Michaels "I believe in climate change caused by human beings. What I'm skeptical about is the glib notion that it means the end of the world as we know it." May 27, 2006 Michael Mann "We haven't yet exceeded the bounds of viable human civilisation, but we're getting close." Sep 30, 2023 Pope Francis "The time for seeking global solutions [to climate change] is running out." Dec 11, 2014 Donald Trump "[C]limate change is just a very, very expensive form of tax." Jan 18, 2016 Joe Biden "The climate crisis is the existential threat. That's not hyperbole; it's a fact." Mar 14, 2022 Freeman Dyson "[A]ll the fuss about global warming is grossly exaggerated." Mar 25, 2009 Xi Jinping "In meeting the climate challenge, no one can be aloof and unilateralism will get us nowhere." Dec 12, 2020 Elon Musk "Climate change is the biggest threat that humanity faces this century, except for AI." Nov 15, 2017 Fumio Kishida "Climate change is the biggest global challenge we face today." Nov 20, 2023 Show More