David Suzuki: "We should be scared stiff"

"I told him you can't even tell us the truth how bad it is...we haven't taken this as the opportunity to to really change the way that we behave to get onto a new energy future."

"The secretary general of the United Nations Antonio Gutirez said years ago any further investment in fossil fuel infrastructure is moral and economic madness."

"We're digging our own grave and when you're doing that the first thing to do is stop digging but we're still arguing about fossil fuels and the future of our economy"

"When people are having these conversations now it's as though climate change doesn't exist."

"(In 1988) they said global warming...represents a threat second only to an all-out global nuclear war."

"If we had done it we would have saved billions of dollars and many many countless lives and we didn't do anything"

"We have elevated economics and politics above science"

"When you live in a city your highest priority is your job you need a job to make the money to buy the things that you want and...the economy then assumes this importance"

"There are nine planetary boundaries that we as animals must not pass through. We've passed seven of the nine boundaries. If we pass one we should be scared stiff we've passed seven..."

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