Groups React
Note: This section is still being developed and many groups are displayed for visualization purposes.
Firefighters
“You won’t find [climate change skeptics] on the fire line in the American West anymore. We know what we’re seeing and we’re dealing with a period of climate that’s different from anything ever seen in our lifetimes.”
– Tom Boatner, U.S. BLM Chief of Fire Operations
Investors
“We have determined that climate change presents significant investment risks and opportunities that have the potential to impact the long-term value of many companies”
– BlackRock
Energy Companies
“I believe, and my company believes, that climate risks warrant action.”
– Darren Woods, CEO of ExxonMobil
Outdoorsmen
“Climate change poses a significant threat to North America’s waterfowl that could undermine achievements gained through more than 70 years of conservation work.”
– Ducks Unlimited
Humanitarian Groups
“Climate change, population growth and urbanization are straining living conditions for people in communities that are at-risk to disasters and infectious diseases”
– American Red Cross
City Planners
“it’s about preserving property and preventing lives lost for a future that we know will bring more frequent storms, more intense storms, in an area that we know is very vulnerable to that.”
– Mark Wilbur, City of Charleston’s Chief Resilience Officer
Farmers
“The effects of climate change are becoming clear across rural America”
– National Farmers Union
Homeowners
“Climate change poses threats to human health, safety, and security, and children are at particularly high risk. Pediatricians are already seeing the effects of climate change in their patients.”
– American Academy of Pediatrics
U.S. Military
“Climate change is impacting stability in areas of the world where our troops are operating today”
– General Jim Mattis, former Secretary of Defense
Winter Sports
“Failure to act now on climate is unacceptable, and will result in damage to the environment, tourism and the economy”
– National Ski Areas Association and the Snowsports Industries of America
Doctors
“Climate change poses threats to human health, safety, and security, and children are at particularly high risk. Pediatricians are already seeing the effects of climate change in their patients.”
– American Academy of Pediatrics
Business Leaders
“It’s a huge problem, one of the biggest we face today”
– Bill Gates
Scientists
“Climate change is one of the defining issues of our time. It is now more certain than ever… that humans are changing Earth’s climate”
– U.S. National Academy of Sciences
NASA
“I believe fully in climate change and that we human beings are contributing to it in a major way.”
– Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator appointed by President Trump
Social Justice
“Environmental injustice, including the proliferation of climate change, has a disproportionate impact on communities of color and low income communities in the United States and around the world.”
– National Association for the Advancement of Colored People