"At the time I was interested in a set of debates in the academy about speech acts. “Performative” speech acts are the kind that make something happen or seek to create a new reality."

"I think having community owned projects and generating our energy, bringing that back to being near us, so we know that we are connected to our energy source is coming from. That's an empowering process for communities on so many levels."

"The community ownership model is a community benefit model. It's a community enterprise, so basically there's multiple dimensions of how the community receives benefits."

"There's generally a sustainability fund or a grant system that feeds back profit into the community. As well as local employment. And by having local membership, you keep the profits in the local economy."

"I'm kind of approaching my carbon footprint like I approach my weight, going to the gym regularly, watching what I eat, and realizing I'm not going to lose that 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) all at once, like I want."

"I really believe that energy is like the blood of society. It's something that we don't really talk about. But it's the veins that keep everything operating. As non-renewable resources run out, we really need to think about what is the best way that we can still keep pumping our blood and keep existing."

"Gender is an assignment that does not just happen once: it is ongoing. We are assigned a sex at birth and then a slew of expectations follow which continue to “assign” gender to us."

"Any concerns over costs, though, should be compared to cost of doing nothing."

"As I continue to explore the knowledge and wisdom of people around the world working to build and strengthen their communities, I’ve been uncovering inspiring examples of local initiatives striving for a carbon neutral future."

"Inspired to act by the global efforts to reduce nonrenewable fuel dependence and to uncouple their essential infrastructure from fossil fuels, communities have taken it upon themselves to do their part to transition towards a sustainable future even if governments at the national level have been lagging behind."

"Perhaps we should think of gender as something that is imposed at birth, through sex assignment and all the cultural assumptions that usually go along with that. Yet gender is also what is made along the way – we can take over the power of assignment, make it into self-assignment, which can include sex reassignment at a legal and medical level."

"It is important to acknowledge that, while a white person cannot claim to represent Black experience, that is no reason for white people to be paralyzed on matters on race, refusing to intervene at all. No one needs to represent all Black experience in order to track, expose and oppose systemic racism – and to call upon others to do the same."

"The first time I personally experienced the violent processes of Invading forces was when I was 13 years old when the national council tried to steal our community land for construction of a highway. so, these are some of the reasons why i stand as a climate change activist."

"Improving our understanding of leaf oyster reefs requires more comprehensive mapping of the remaining populations and gaining a better understanding of their life cycle."

"Our concern extends beyond the survival and protection of the single species, to the entire ecosystem the leaf oysters underpin."

"“The challenge starts at home, and it’s especially timely for Members to accelerate efforts to create the diverse and inclusive workforce needed now and into the future to better serve our shared mission, and to ensure that the information shared with users genuinely reflects their needs. It’s not just about being fair and equitable to everyone; it’s about making the best use of the resources and capability we share to deliver the best outcomes for all,”"

"“It’s about making sure we are indeed holding up the whole sky,”"

""“We often talk of data as being the lifeblood of WMO. However, we sometimes forget that the beating heart of WMO is its people and that without them, there would be no data, never mind systems, sharing, collaboration, services, research nor innovation,”"

"“As a global WMO community, trusted to monitor, research, understand and predict the state of the Earth system and deliver much needed data, information and services, we know that people are impacted in many ways by weather, water and climate events. We know that the extent of the impact varies depending on many factors, especially their location and their circumstances, and that the people who suffer the worst impacts are, as a rule, the most vulnerable and exposed,”"

"“As we have expanded the Earth systems concept and embraced the digital era, data-related issues have escalated in importance,”"

"“Connecting the dots, across the global programs, to a national level and down to the people that need to be informed, alerted, warned, mobilized and kept safe, is an exceedingly important task, and the UN Secretary General’s challenge to WMO reinforces the need to put people not at the end of the line, but at the center,”"

"A carbon budget is like a household budget. You only have so much money to spend. How you choose to spend and invest your money will determine the available budget for your retirement and the legacy you provide for future generations."

"“We need to better appreciate the role of people within our integrated Earth system. If we do it right, not only can we build better bridges across and between the full suite of communities and peoples, but we will be better informed, smarter, more inclusive and productive and deliver better and more effective outcomes all around,”"

"If we want a greater chance than 66% of limiting warming to two degrees, we would need to emit even less carbon dioxide. Conversely, if we accepted a lower probability of limiting the warming to two degrees, the budget would be higher."

"So should we be using climate models? We are climate scientists from Australia’s Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, and we believe the answer is a firm yes."

""Emissions resulting from human activities are substantially increasing the concentrations of carbon dioxide [and other greenhouse gases. These increases will enhance the greenhouse effect, resulting on average in an additional warming of the Earth’s surface.'"

"Before industrial times, CO₂ levels in the atmosphere were 280 parts per million. So a doubling of CO₂ will occur at 560 parts per million."

"When we say there’s a scientific consensus that human-produced greenhouse gases are causing climate change, what does that mean? What is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and what do they do?"

"Every tonne of carbon dioxide that we emit adds to global warming. And every fraction of a degree of further warming will cause climate impacts to become more frequent and more intense."

"I implore you and the Labor Party to govern like every decision, and every year, matters. Because it really, really does."

"Climate change has already altered the extreme weather we experience in Australia and will continue to do so over the coming years."

"Climate models are one of many tools scientists use to understand how the climate changed in the past and what it will do in future."

"We have already committed the planet to a certain amount of warming due to past carbon emissions. But efforts to reduce emissions now and over the next few decades will critically affect the degree of future warming."

"I spend every day looking at the data that tells us each of those climate extremes will keep getting worse."

"Climate change is already impacting every inhabited part of our planet."

"Ice cores are cylinders of ice drilled out of an ice sheet or glacier. They’re an exceptional record of past climate."

"I am a climate scientist who has spent the last two decades studying how our climate is changing and sharing our increasingly urgent and frightening findings with the world."

"My research focuses on how the Earth’s climate has behaved over the last millennium, and what that tells us about the climate changes we are seeing now."

"The past climate records that I develop come from corals, caves and ice cores, and I combine these with climate model data to study climate changes."

"YouthPower: plan your work and work your plan. together we can push for a better and sustainable future."

"We need to change the narrative about African Climate Change."

"My home is only two metres above water. With the threat of climate change we lose two metres of our culture."

"A climate justice approach is the single-best hope the world has."

"Women, in particular, have been systematically excluded from the decision-making table"

"Justice is about having your voice heard and being included in the process."

"as long as large swathes of humanity remain underrepresented and unsupported, action at Cop will have little meaning."

"The fight cannot be won through well-meaning words, one-off programmes or snappy press releases. It requires a strategic, systematic approach that builds alliances of the willing and drives catalytic change."

"The world is watching, young people are watching"

"Cultural expectations on women to care for their families will not fall, even when livelihoods are destroyed as a result of the climate crisis"