Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Quotes & Sayings

We have 20 years [until 2026] to reduce carbon emissions or climate change will become irreversible. — Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

Neither transitions nor transformations will be manageable without novel forms of global governance and markets — Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

Don't ask what global climate protection can do for your country; ask what your country can do for climate protection. — Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

When you imagine that if all these 9 billion people claim all these resources, then the earth will explode. — Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

The planetary machinery tends to be jumpy, this is to respond disproportionately to disruptions that come with the manmade greenhouse effect. — Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

The first law of humanity is not to kill your children. — Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

The bottom billion people don't contribute at all to climate change - maybe 1 percent of emissions, they could double or triple their emissions and the climate would not be destabilised. — Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

In a sense the U.S. is climate illiterate. If you look at global polls about what the public knows about climate change even in Brazil, China you have more people who know about the problem and think deep cuts in emission are needed. — Hans Joachim Schellnhuber