1. Some Quotations on Climate Change
from the World of Politics and Elsewhere
Collated by Paul Mahony
November 2013
terrastendo.net
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2. Some quotes Paul Mahony 2013

3. Some quotes Paul Mahony 2013
“This generation has altered the composition of the
atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase
in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”

4. Some quotes
“This generation has altered the composition of the
atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase
in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.com
Paul Mahony 2013

5. Some quotes
“This generation has altered the composition of the
atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase
in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Presidents since then:
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.com
Paul Mahony 2013

6. Some quotes
“This generation has altered the composition of the
atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase
in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Presidents since then:
Richard Nixon
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.com
Paul Mahony 2013

7. Some quotes
“This generation has altered the composition of the
atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase
in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Presidents since then:
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.com
Paul Mahony 2013

8. Some quotes
“This generation has altered the composition of the
atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase
in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Presidents since then:
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.com
Paul Mahony 2013

9. Some quotes
“This generation has altered the composition of the
atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase
in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Presidents since then:
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.com
Paul Mahony 2013

10. Some quotes
“This generation has altered the composition of the
atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase
in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Presidents since then:
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George Bush, Snr
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.com
Paul Mahony 2013

11. Some quotes
“This generation has altered the composition of the
atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase
in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Presidents since then:
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George Bush, Snr
Bill Clinton
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.com
Paul Mahony 2013

12. Some quotes
“This generation has altered the composition of the
atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase
in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Presidents since then:
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George Bush, Snr
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.com
Paul Mahony 2013

13. Some quotes
“This generation has altered the composition of the
atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase
in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Presidents since then:
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George Bush, Snr
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.com
Paul Mahony 2013

14. Some quotes
“This generation has altered the composition of the
atmosphere on a global scale through a steady increase
in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.”
EMISSIONS HAVE ACCELERATED!
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965
Presidents since then:
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George Bush, Snr
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
President Lyndon Johnson, 1965 message to Congress, cited in The Science Show, ABC Radio National, 8 January,
2011, “Naomi Areskes – Merchants of Doubt”.
Seal of the President of the United States © Americanspirit | Dreamstime.com
Paul Mahony 2013

15. Some quotes Paul Mahony 2013
“Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving
rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made
natural disaster.”

16. Some quotes Paul Mahony 2013
“Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving
rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made
natural disaster.”
Barack Obama, 3 April 2006
Barack Obama, 3 April 2006, cited in Spratt, D, “Bridging the gap between science and politics”, Climate Action Summit, 9 April,
2011, http://www.climateactioncentre.org/sites/default/files/1104%20-recent-science.pdf
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17. Some quotes
SO WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ABOUT IT MISTER PRESIDENT?
“Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving
rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made
natural disaster.”
Barack Obama, 3 April 2006
Barack Obama, 3 April 2006, cited in Spratt, D, “Bridging the gap between science and politics”, Climate Action Summit, 9 April,
2011, http://www.climateactioncentre.org/sites/default/files/1104%20-recent-science.pdf
Image: President Barack Obama © Kurniawan1972 | Dreamstime.com
Paul Mahony 2013

18. Some quotes
SO WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ABOUT IT MISTER PRESIDENT?
“Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving
rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made
natural disaster.”
Barack Obama, 3 April 2006
TOO
NOT IS PLAN POWER LATE.
TOO CLEAN LITTLE, YOUR HOPE LET’S Barack Obama, 3 April 2006, cited in Spratt, D, “Bridging the gap between science and politics”, Climate Action Summit, 9 April,
2011, http://www.climateactioncentre.org/sites/default/files/1104%20-recent-science.pdf
Image: President Barack Obama © Kurniawan1972 | Dreamstime.com
Romm, J, Climate Progress, “’Invest, Divest’: Obama Goes Full Climate Hawk In Speech Unveiling Plan To Cut Carbon Pollution”
Paul Mahony 2013

19. Some quotes Paul Mahony 2013

20. Some quotes Paul Mahony 2013
“The climate change argument is absolute crap.”

21. Some quotes
“The climate change argument is absolute crap.”
Australian Prime Minister,
Tony Abbott
Then Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, 2009, quoted on ABC TV “7.30 Report”, 2nd Feb, 2010,
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2010/s2808321.htm
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22. Some quotes
“The climate change argument is absolute crap.”
Australian Prime Minister,
Tony Abbott
Then Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, 2009, quoted on ABC TV “7.30 Report”, 2nd Feb, 2010,
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2010/s2808321.htm
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in
knowledgeable and Australia.
sophisticated We’re

23. The need is urgent!

24. “ . . . the world sTthaen dnse e. d. .is urgent!

25. The need is urgent!
“ . . . the world stands . . .
on the edge of a precipice . . .

26. The need is urgent!
“ . . . the world stands . . .
on the edge of a precipice . . .
beyond which human actions will no longer be
able to control in any meaningful way the
trajectory of the climate system . . .”

27. The need is urgent!
“ . . . the world stands . . .
on the edge of a precipice . . .
beyond which human actions will no longer be
able to control in any meaningful way the
trajectory of the climate system . . .”
f“DoCarlvi emidma Seteprg rCaeotntdc,e yc oRa-ecatdui:ot tnhh”oe,r 2 coa0fs0 e8 Source: “Global Warming – No more business as usual: This is an emergency!”, Environmental Activists’
Conference ’08: Climate Emergency – No More Business as Usual, 10 October, 2008, reproduced in
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, http://links.org.au/node/683

28. Australia’s “Angry Summer” 2012/13
Australian Climate Commission: “The Angry Summer”, http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/136923/20130919-
1415/climatecommission.gov.au/report/the-angry-summer/index.html
Paul Mahony 2013

29. Australian Climate Commission: “The Angry Summer”, http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/136923/20130919-
1415/climatecommission.gov.au/report/the-angry-summer/index.html
Australia’s “Angry Summer” 2012/13
Paul Mahony 2013
Australian Climate Commissioner Prof. Will Steffen, The Age 4 Mar 2013,
are talking about natural variation causing all
“Statistically, there is a 1 in 500 chance that we
“Climate change a key factor in extreme weather, experts say”
these new records.”

30. Paul Mahony 2013 Permafrost
(It’s not all a direct quote, but it’s pretty close.)
• plumes of methane . . .
Dramatic and unprecedented
have been seen bubbling to the surface of the Arctic
Ocean by scientists undertaking an extensive survey of
the region.
• The scale and volume of the methane release has
the head of the Russian research team
astonished
who has been surveying the seabed of the east
Siberian Arctic Shelf off northern Russia for nearly 20
years.
• Igor Semiletov of the International Arctic Research
Centre at the University of Alaska Fairbanks . . . said
that he has never before witnessed the scale and force
has never before witnessed the scale and force
of the methane being released from beneath the Arctic
seabed.
Connor, S, “Vast methane 'plumes' seen in Arctic ocean as sea ice retreats”, The Independent, 13 December,
2011, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/vast-methane-plumes-seen-in-arctic-ocean-as-sea-ice-retreats-
6276278.html (Accessed 4 February 2012)

31. Permafrost
(It’s not all a direct quote, but it’s pretty close.)
Dramatic and unprecedented
astonished
has never before witnessed the scale and force
of the methane being released from beneath the Arctic
seabed.
Connor, S, “Vast methane 'plumes' seen in Arctic ocean as sea ice retreats”, The Independent, 13 December,
2011, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/vast-methane-plumes-seen-in-arctic-ocean-as-sea-ice-retreats-
6276278.html (Accessed 4 February 2012)
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32. Permafrost
"We carried out checks at about 115 stationary points
Dramatic and unprecedented
and discovered methane fields of a fantastic scale - I
think on a scale not seen before. Some of the plumes
were a kilometre or more wide and the emissions went
directly into the atmosphere - the concentration was a
astonished
hundred times higher than normal."
has never before witnessed the scale and force
of the methane being released from beneath the Arctic
seabed.
Connor, S, “Vast methane 'plumes' seen in Arctic ocean as sea ice retreats”, The Independent, 13 December,
2011, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/vast-methane-plumes-seen-in-arctic-ocean-as-sea-ice-retreats-
6276278.html (Accessed 4 February 2012)
Paul Mahony 2013

33. Permafrost Paul Mahony 2013
Connor, S, “Vast methane 'plumes' seen in Arctic ocean as sea ice retreats”, The Independent, 13 December,
2011, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/vast-methane-plumes-seen-in-arctic-ocean-as-sea-ice-retreats-
6276278.html (Accessed 4 February 2012)

34. Some thoughts on climate-related risk management
“Perhaps the greatest flaw in the climate debate has been our inability, or
refusal, to address risk and uncertainty realistically.”
Paul Mahony 2012

35. Some thoughts on climate-related risk management Paul Mahony 2012
“Perhaps the greatest flaw in the climate debate has been our inability, or
refusal, to address risk and uncertainty realistically.”
“Scientists are giving increasingly urgent warnings on the mounting
evidence of human-induced warming and the need for rapid carbon emission
reductions.”

36. Some thoughts on climate-related risk management Paul Mahony 2012
“Perhaps the greatest flaw in the climate debate has been our inability, or
refusal, to address risk and uncertainty realistically.”
“Scientists are giving increasingly urgent warnings on the mounting
evidence of human-induced warming and the need for rapid carbon emission
reductions.”
“Officialdom chooses to ignore these warnings, preferring policy based on
‘political realism’, shorthand for hoping the problem will go away.”

37. Some thoughts on climate-related risk management Paul Mahony 2012
“Perhaps the greatest flaw in the climate debate has been our inability, or
refusal, to address risk and uncertainty realistically.”
“Scientists are giving increasingly urgent warnings on the mounting
evidence of human-induced warming and the need for rapid carbon emission
reductions.”
“Officialdom chooses to ignore these warnings, preferring policy based on
‘political realism’, shorthand for hoping the problem will go away.”
“Business, supposedly the experts on risk management, should take
leadership, but have abrogated any responsibility, given that realistic action
will require a fundamental redesign of the economic system, undermining
established vested interests.”

38. Some thoughts on climate-related risk management Paul Mahony 2012
“Perhaps the greatest flaw in the climate debate has been our inability, or
refusal, to address risk and uncertainty realistically.”
“Scientists are giving increasingly urgent warnings on the mounting
evidence of human-induced warming and the need for rapid carbon emission
reductions.”
“Officialdom chooses to ignore these warnings, preferring policy based on
‘political realism’, shorthand for hoping the problem will go away.”
“Business, supposedly the experts on risk management, should take
leadership, but have abrogated any responsibility, given that realistic action
will require a fundamental redesign of the economic system, undermining
established vested interests.”
“The result is that nobody is seriously addressing the strategic risks to
which we are exposed.”

39. Some thoughts on climate-related risk management Paul Mahony 2012
“Perhaps the greatest flaw in the climate debate has been our inability, or
refusal, to address risk and uncertainty realistically.”
Former international oil, gas and coal industry
“Scientists are giving increasingly urgent warnings on the mounting
evidence of human-induced warming and the need for rapid carbon emission
reductions.”
Ian Dunlop, 2012
executive.
“Officialdom chooses to ignore these warnings, preferring policy based on
‘political realism’, shorthand for hoping the problem will go away.”
“Business, supposedly the experts on risk management, should take
leadership, but have abrogated any responsibility, given that realistic action
will require a fundamental redesign of the economic system, undermining
established vested interests.”
“The result is that nobody is seriously addressing the strategic risks to
which we are exposed.”
“Interview with Ian Dunlop”, Australian Centre for Leadership for Women, 8 March, 2012,
http://www.leadershipforwomen.com.au/transform/aclw-articles-published/expert-climate-change-panel/item/ian-dunlop

40. Some thoughts on climate-related risk management Paul Mahony 2012
“Perhaps the greatest flaw in the climate debate has been our inability, or
refusal, to address risk and uncertainty realistically.”
Former international oil, gas and coal industry
“Scientists are giving increasingly urgent warnings on the mounting
evidence of human-induced warming and the need for rapid carbon emission
reductions.”
Ian Dunlop, 2012
executive.
“Officialdom chooses to ignore these warnings, preferring policy based on
‘political realism’, shorthand for hoping the problem will go away.”
Roles included Chair of the Australian Coal
Association and CEO of the Australian Institute of
“Business, supposedly the experts on risk management, should take
leadership, but have abrogated any responsibility, given that realistic action
will require a fundamental redesign of the economic system, undermining
established vested interests.”
Company Directors.
“The result is that nobody is seriously addressing the strategic risks to
which we are exposed.”
“Interview with Ian Dunlop”, Australian Centre for Leadership for Women, 8 March, 2012,
http://www.leadershipforwomen.com.au/transform/aclw-articles-published/expert-climate-change-panel/item/ian-dunlop

41. Paul Mahony 2013 Former British PM, Margaret Thatcher
1989: British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher
speaking to the United Nations General Assembly for
the first time in four years (choosing to focus solely on
the environment)
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Speech to United Nations General Assembly (Global Environment), 8 November,
1989, Margaret Thatcher Foundation, http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/107817

42. Paul Mahony 2013 Former British PM, Margaret Thatcher
1989: British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher
speaking to the United Nations General Assembly for
the first time in four years (choosing to focus solely on
the environment)
“Of all the challenges faced by the world community in
those four years, one has grown clearer than any other
in both urgency and importance. I refer to the threat to
our global environment. I shall take the opportunity of
addressing the general assembly to speak on that
subject alone.”
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Speech to United Nations General Assembly (Global Environment), 8 November,
1989, Margaret Thatcher Foundation, http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/107817

43. Paul Mahony 2013 Former British PM, Margaret Thatcher
1989: British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher
speaking to the United Nations General Assembly for
the first time in four years (choosing to focus solely on
the environment)
“Of all the challenges faced by the world community in
those four years, one has grown clearer than any other
in both urgency and importance. I refer to the threat to
our global environment. I shall take the opportunity of
addressing the general assembly to speak on that
subject alone.”
“We are seeing a vast increase in the amount of carbon dioxide reaching the
atmosphere. The annual increase is three billion tonnes, and half the carbon
emitted since the Industrial Revolution still remains in the atmosphere. At the
same time as this is happening, we are seeing the destruction on a vast scale
of tropical forests which are uniquely able to remove carbon dioxide from the
air.”
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Speech to United Nations General Assembly (Global Environment), 8 November,
1989, Margaret Thatcher Foundation, http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/107817

44. Telling it like it is
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
Paul Mahony 2013

45. Telling it like it is
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
Source: Hansen, J., “Climate change is here — and worse than we thought”, The Washington Post, 4 August 2012,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/climate-change-is-here--and-worse-th%20an-we-thought/
2012/08/03/6ae604c2-dd90-11e1-8e43-4a3c4375504a_story.html
Paul Mahony 2013
“When we plotted the world’s changing
temperatures on a bell curve, the
extremes of unusually cool and, even
more, the extremes of unusually hot are
being altered so they are becoming both
more common and more severe.”

46. Telling it like it is
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
Paul Mahony 2013
“When we plotted the world’s changing
temperatures on a bell curve, the
extremes of unusually cool and, even
more, the extremes of unusually hot are
being altered so they are becoming both
more common and more severe.”
Source: Hansen, J., “Climate change is here — and worse than we thought”, The Washington Post, 4 August 2012,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/climate-change-is-here--and-worse-th%20an-we-thought/
2012/08/03/6ae604c2-dd90-11e1-8e43-4a3c4375504a_story.html

47. Telling it like it is
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
“When we plotted the world’s changing
temperatures on a bell curve, the
extremes of unusually cool and, even
more, the extremes of unusually hot are
being altered so they are becoming both
more common and more severe.”
Paul Mahony 2013
“Extremely hot temperatures covered
about 0.1 percent to 0.2 percent of the
globe in the . . . period from 1951 to 1980.
In the last three decades, while the
average temperature has slowly risen, the
extremes have soared and now cover
about 10 percent of the globe.”
Source: Hansen, J., “Climate change is here — and worse than we thought”, The Washington Post, 4 August 2012,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/climate-change-is-here--and-worse-th%20an-we-thought/
2012/08/03/6ae604c2-dd90-11e1-8e43-4a3c4375504a_story.html

48. Hansen on Canadian Tar Sands
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
Paul Mahony 2013

49. Hansen on Canadian Tar Sands
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
“If Canada proceeds [in extracting tar
sands oil], and we do nothing, it will be
game over for the climate.”
Source: Hansen, J., “Game Over for the Climate”, The New York Times, 9 May 2012,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/opinion/game-over-for-the-climate.html?_r=1&
Paul Mahony 2013

50. Paul Mahony 2013 Hansen on Canadian Tar Sands
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
“If Canada proceeds [in extracting tar
sands oil], and we do nothing, it will be
game over for the climate.”
“Canada’s tar sands, deposits of sand
saturated with bitumen, contain twice the
amount of carbon dioxide emitted by global
oil use in our entire history.”
Source: Hansen, J., “Game Over for the Climate”, The New York Times, 9 May 2012,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/opinion/game-over-for-the-climate.html?_r=1&

51. Paul Mahony 2013 Hansen on Canadian Tar Sands
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
“If Canada proceeds [in extracting tar
sands oil], and we do nothing, it will be
game over for the climate.”
“. . . it will be game over for the climate.”
“Canada’s tar sands, deposits of sand
saturated with bitumen, contain twice the
amount of carbon dioxide emitted by global
oil use in our entire history.”
Source: Hansen, J., “Game Over for the Climate”, The New York Times, 9 May 2012,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/opinion/game-over-for-the-climate.html?_r=1&

52. Hansen on Meat
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
Paul Mahony 2013

53. Hansen on Meat
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
Paul Mahony 2013
“ . . . in our personal life styles, the most
effective action is to begin to alter our diet
more toward vegetarian . . . I have become
80%-90% vegetarian.”
Source: Submission to the Garnaut Review by Geoff Russell, Peter Singer and Barry Brook,
http://www.climatechange.gov.au/greenpaper/consultation/pubs/0409-russell.pdf
Cow Image: Brahman Bull | iStockphoto.com | tap10

54. Hansen on Meat
Dr James Hansen, former director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
Paul Mahony 2013
“ . . . in our personal life styles, the most
effective action is to begin to alter our diet
more toward vegetarian . . . I have become
80%-90% vegetarian.”
“If you eat further down on the food chain rather
than animals, which have produced many
greenhouse gases, and used much energy in
the process of growing that meat, you can
actually make a bigger contribution in that way
than just about anything. So that, in terms of
individual action, is perhaps the best thing you
can do.”
Source: Submission to the Garnaut Review by Geoff Russell, Peter Singer and Barry Brook,
http://www.climatechange.gov.au/greenpaper/consultation/pubs/0409-russell.pdf
Russell, G, “Dietary Guidelines Committee ignores climate change”, 24 March 2012,
http://bravenewclimate.com/2012/03/24/dietary-gc-ignores-cc/

55. More on Meat

56. More on Meat
“Please eat less meat; meat is
a very carbon intensive
commodity ... This is
something that the IPCC was
afraid to say earlier, but now
we have said it.”

57. More on Meat
“Please eat less meat; meat is
a very carbon intensive
commodity ... This is
something that the IPCC was
afraid to say earlier, but now
we have said it.”
Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Head of
IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change)
Source: Agence France-Presse, “Lifestyle changes can curb climate change: IPCC chief”, 15 January, 2010,
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iIVBkZpOUA9Hz3Xc2u-61mDlrw0Q

58. The Western Diet

59. The Western Diet
Animal food products place . . .
“undue demand on land, water, and
other resources required for intensive
food production, which makes the
typical Western diet not only
undesirable from the standpoint of
health but also environmentally
unsustainable”

60. The Western Diet
Animal food products place . . .
“undue demand on land, water, and
other resources required for intensive
food production, which makes the
typical Western diet not only
undesirable from the standpoint of
health but also environmentally
unsustainable”
Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations and the World Health
Organization, 2002
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and World Health Organization, “Human Vitamin and
Mineral Requirements: Report of a joint FAO/WHO expert consultation Bangkok, Thailand”, 2001, pp. 14,
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/004/y2809e/y2809e00.pdf and http://www.fao.org/docrep/004/Y2809E/y2809e08.htm

61. Paul Mahony 2013 The Western Diet

62. Paul Mahony 2013 The Western Diet
“Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to
today’s most serious environmental problems. Urgent
action is required to remedy the situation.”

63. The Western Diet
“Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to
today’s most serious environmental problems. Urgent
action is required to remedy the situation.”
Henning Steinfeld, United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization,
2006 (Co-author of the UN FAO’s “Livestock’s Long Shadow” report)
Paul Mahony 2013
FAO Newsroom “Livestock a major threat to environment - Remedies urgently needed”, 29 Nov 2006,
http://www.fao.org/NEWSROOM/EN/news/2006/1000448/index.html
Image: FAO name with flag © Fabrizio Mariani | Dreamstime.com

64. Paul Mahony 2013 The Western Diet

65. Paul Mahony 2013 The Western Diet
“A global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to save the
world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts
of climate change, a UN report said today.”
The Guardian, 2nd June 2010
Carus, F, “UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet”, 3 June 2010,
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jun/02/un-report-meat-free-diet

66. Paul Mahony 2013 The Western Diet

67. Paul Mahony 2013
The Western Diet
“A new and hard-hitting report concludes that
dramatically reforming, re-thinking and redesigning two
sectors - energy and agriculture - could generate
significant environmental, social and economic returns.”

68. Paul Mahony 2013
The Western Diet
“A new and hard-hitting report concludes that
dramatically reforming, re-thinking and redesigning two
sectors - energy and agriculture - could generate
significant environmental, social and economic returns.”
“Perhaps controversially, it . . . calls for a significant shift
in diets away from animal based proteins towards more
vegetable-based foods in order to dramatically reduce
pressures on the environment.”

69. The Western Diet
“. . . substantial reduction of impacts would only be
possible with a substantial worldwide diet change, away
from animal products.”
Paul Mahony 2013
“A new and hard-hitting report concludes that
dramatically reforming, re-thinking and redesigning two
sectors - energy and agriculture - could generate
significant environmental, social and economic returns.”
“Perhaps controversially, it . . . calls for a significant shift
in diets away from animal based proteins towards more
vegetable-based foods in order to dramatically reduce
pressures on the environment.”

70. The Western Diet
“. . . substantial reduction of impacts would only be
possible with a substantial worldwide diet change, away
from animal products.”
Paul Mahony 2013
“A new and hard-hitting report concludes that
dramatically reforming, re-thinking and redesigning two
sectors - energy and agriculture - could generate
significant environmental, social and economic returns.”
“Perhaps controversially, it . . . calls for a significant shift
in diets away from animal based proteins towards more
vegetable-based foods in order to dramatically reduce
pressures on the environment.”
United Nations Environment Programme, June 2010
United Nations Environment Program “Energy & Agriculture Top Resource Panel’s Priority List for Sustainable 21st Century”, 2 June 2010,
http://www.unep.org/wed/2010/english/media/EnergyAgric.asp

71. Time to act Paul Mahony 2013
Dr Andrew Glikson, earth and paleoclimate scientist at Australian National
University

72. Paul Mahony 2013 Time to act
Dr Andrew Glikson, earth and paleoclimate scientist at Australian National
University
“Contrarian claims by sceptics,
misrepresenting direct observations in
nature and ignoring the laws of physics,
have been adopted by neo-conservative
political parties.”
Sources: Glikson, A., “As emissions rise, we may be heading for an ice-free planet”, The Conversation, 18 January,
2012,http://theconversation.edu.au/as-emissions-rise-we-may-be-heading-for-an-ice-free-planet-4893 (Accessed 4
February 2012). Image: Earth © Pmakin | Dreamstime.com

73. Paul Mahony 2013 Time to act
Dr Andrew Glikson, earth and paleoclimate scientist at Australian National
University
“Contrarian claims by sceptics,
misrepresenting direct observations in
nature and ignoring the laws of physics,
have been adopted by neo-conservative
political parties.”
“A corporate media maintains a
‘balance’ between facts and fiction.”
Sources: Glikson, A., “As emissions rise, we may be heading for an ice-free planet”, The Conversation, 18 January,
2012,http://theconversation.edu.au/as-emissions-rise-we-may-be-heading-for-an-ice-free-planet-4893 (Accessed 4
February 2012). Image: Earth © Pmakin | Dreamstime.com

74. Paul Mahony 2013 Time to act
Dr Andrew Glikson, earth and paleoclimate scientist at Australian National
University
“Contrarian claims by sceptics,
misrepresenting direct observations in
nature and ignoring the laws of physics,
have been adopted by neo-conservative
political parties.”
“A corporate media maintains a
‘balance’ between facts and fiction.”
“The best that governments seem to do
is devise cosmetic solutions, or promise
further discussions, while time is
running out.”
Sources: Glikson, A., “As emissions rise, we may be heading for an ice-free planet”, The Conversation, 18 January,
2012,http://theconversation.edu.au/as-emissions-rise-we-may-be-heading-for-an-ice-free-planet-4893 (Accessed 4
February 2012). Image: Earth © Pmakin | Dreamstime.com

75. Paul Mahony 2013 Time to act
Dr Andrew Glikson, earth and paleoclimate scientist at Australian National
University
“Contrarian claims by sceptics,
misrepresenting direct observations in
nature and ignoring the laws of physics,
have been adopted by neo-conservative
political parties.”
“GOOD PLANETS ARE HARD TO COME BY!”
“A corporate media maintains a
‘balance’ between facts and fiction.”
“The best that governments seem to do
is devise cosmetic solutions, or promise
further discussions, while time is
running out.”
Sources: Glikson, A., “As emissions rise, we may be heading for an ice-free planet”, The Conversation, 18 January,
2012,http://theconversation.edu.au/as-emissions-rise-we-may-be-heading-for-an-ice-free-planet-4893 (Accessed 4
February 2012). Image: Earth © Pmakin | Dreamstime.com

76. More to come!