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The acquisition climate appears to be slowly improving.

The $64,000 question about the climate is why is it so different? Why is it so hot and why is the pressure so high?

The Antarctic is really a puzzle. A lot more research is needed to understand the degree of climate and ice trends in and around the Antarctic.

I would like to stress that the Chinese Government has been aware of the significance of climate change and has collaborated with the EU and others to solve the issue that the globe is facing,

I would never and have never compared any of our democratically elected leaders to Fidel Castro. But let me be clear. There is a climate of intimidation in Tallahassee. That's not good for democracy. That's not good for Florida's families. And that's no way to run state government.

I worry that effective corrective measures will not be instituted soon enough. Climate does not necessarily change gradually. The multiple factors that are now destabilizing the global climate system could cause it to jump abruptly out of its current state. At any time, the world could suddenly become much hotter or even much colder. Such a sudden, catastrophic change is the ultimate health risk-one that must be avoided at all costs.

My colleagues and I want to start people thinking about the phytoplankton in the ocean and the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as an evolutionary problem in the context of the organisms that are doing the cycling. We think that's a big factor in climate regulation,

Migrants all over the world are pushed and pulled across borders by hunger, terror and climate change. It happened to my own family.

will be ready to launch when the content climate begins to thaw.

will be here to help us create a climate of confidence and a climate of peace.

You don't ever see any trash on the ground, and everyone picks up after themselves. In a way, it reminded me of San Francisco: the climate is similar, it's very pretty, and it's by the water.

You can almost never say that a particular event is caused by climate change,

Whitman led a move forward. She could have come to play a spoiler role, but she came to build relationships and bring the message that George Bush thinks that climate change is a serious problem.

When it comes to global consciousness, the United States is walking the walk. And when it comes to climate change, we are making significant progress, more progress than many of those who have been most critical of us.

We hope that the parallel efforts on both coasts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will help move the ball forward on initiatives to reduce emissions and mitigate global climate change in the United States and around the world.

We do have to reduce our emissions but we also have to recognize climate change is happening, and we have to adapt as well.

We're definitely seeing species going extinct because of climate change. We're going to lose the penguins. We're going to lose the polar bears, no question. . . . I'm seeing high mountain butterflies literally being pushed off the mountains. This is happening. It is not theory. It is not people saying, 'Oh, we think it might happen.' It is happening, and it is incredibly depressing.

We don't have a lot more time to deal with climate change, ... We need the right balance between regulation and market-based approaches.

We must take into account a general climate that is rather tense.

We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.

We must not sacrifice one of our remaining untamed places in reckless pursuit of oil. We know we have to leave oil in the ground, or destructive climate change will become unstoppable. If not in the pristine and vulnerable Arctic Ocean, then where?

You are going to be scrutinized very closely on that score and you need people who aren't going to stumble, especially in the current climate we've got where there's cynicism. People are watching, people are much more attentive to government and cabinet ministers.

We've got one of the best soils certainly on the East Coast and we get nearly four feet of rain a year. The climate permits you to grow here for 10 months a year, sometimes more. Certainly there is a demand for high-quality food,

We have to overthrow the idea that it's a diversion from 'real' work when scientists conduct high-quality research in the open. Publicly funded science should be open science. Improving the way that science is done means speeding us along in curing cancer, solving the problem of climate change and launching humanity permanently into space.

We're vulnerable to begin with, and climate change exacerbates the vulnerability.

Valuations are very high for the current economic climate or indeed even a prosperous climate. So it looks like what we are dealing with here is a bear market rally.

We have a lot of customers who store classic cars in our units. We're set up for that with just the climate controlled space they need.

We need to know the species identities in order to understand how freshwater communities are changing over time, as a response to climate change, pollution or invasive species. We're hoping that by studying the biology of the rare males, we can learn more about species diversity and freshwater ecosystem changes.

We can think of changes to the oceans locally, but in terms of human health we have to look globally. This is a global connection. As we change ocean properties through climate change, remote consequences are likely to arise ? we may not even know what they are yet.

We know that there is a growing number of customers out there that are starting to raise questions about this whole subject of climate change and energy security... and looking for things they can do to address it.

We know that species move their ranges when climate changes. We have to begin to look at if our protected areas are in the right places.

We have to wrap this imperative of addressing climate change in a prosperity framework, and secondly we have to do a much better job of putting forward an American jobs agenda that's a match for the climate challenge.

We have the slowest job growth among the states. People . . . are getting the wrong signal about the hospitality and the environment and the business climate of Illinois.

Transpiration can have a cooling effect on an area's climate just like when you perspire-heat is wicked away with the water.

Understanding climate change and its consequences is critical to protect lives and assets upon which India's economy is dependent.

We have a warmer climate down here, and when the valleys start turning green, people's minds go to things they haven't done for four or five months, like gardening and golfing and biking.

We have a vibrant economic climate to begin with, but in particular we're strong in the retail market, so even if in the worst case we lost some good corporate citizens, we think there would be somebody that steps in immediately to fill whatever void might be created there.

The presence of fish and angling demonstrates a healthy environment -our strategy outlines how we will meet new challenges such as climate change and invasive species while increasing tourism, encouraging greater participation in fishing and continuing to create a better quality of life for local communities.

We know that climate change is the single most important environmental issue facing the world today. ... The longer we wait the larger will be the challenge,

We know some of their movements. But we are not experts and the climate is changing quickly, making it more difficult to assess.

Those most vulnerable to climate change are not the ones responsible for causing it. Our energy-consumptive lifestyles are having lethal impacts on other people around the world, especially the poor.

Unfortunately, the warming is in an accelerating trend -- the climate has not yet caught up with what we've already put into the atmosphere. There are steps we should take, but it seems that shaking people out of complacency will take a strong incentive.

When you start inferring lots of things from the hurricane climate data, then you're on thin ice because that climate data is not very good.

Whether it is second or third depends on how Siberia reacts between now and the end of the year. 1998 was the warmest ever, 2005 is looking at being second. It will be another very warm year generally, which is in line with global climate change research.

We are seeing signs of significant change in the Arctic with mountain glaciers retreating, snow cover disappearing, the Greenland ice sheet thinning and Arctic sea ice cover declining. There is no time to lose - we need to take drastic action now to combat climate change.

We are running out of road on decision making -- unless we dramatically change the use of fossil fuels we will be committing future generations to the most severe impacts of climate change.

The political climate during a campaign is not the best climate for reasonable debate.

What you've been seeing is a very favorable financing climate in which investors are on the lookout for paper, yet corporations seem largely unwilling to step in and issue new bonds.

We open this review because the dispute surrounding the studies bears directly on important questions about the federally funded work upon which climate studies rely and the quality and transparency of analyses used to support the IPCC assessment process.

We have little choice but to place a certain level of trust in scientists - even when it comes to the model-driven speculative discipline of climate change. And, need it be said, most scientists take great care in being honest, principled and precise.

We're living in an age now where that's the business model. And it's kind of hard to operate economically in that kind of climate because it stifles creativity.

We're listening and responding to business. We're setting a climate that's pro-growth. We need to look at the reality, not the rhetoric.

We're not expecting an immediate premium increase directly as a result of Katrina, but the wider issue of climate change is beginning to have a very serious impact on insurers.

Tipping points are so dangerous because if you pass them, the climate is out of humanity's control: if an ice sheet disintegrates and starts to slide into the ocean there's nothing we can do about that.

Timing is essential in career moves and often cultural climate can impact companies based in rural areas. For instance, someone who has grown up in Manhattan who loves the theater, opera, and New York Yankees might have a hard time picturing themselves in a small city atmosphere.

This study underscores the need to take swift, meaningful actions at home and abroad to address climate change.

This study clearly showed that when the climate was warming but still pretty cold, the ice sheet grew due to increased precipitation that fell as snow, and more than made up for any melting. But at some point the warming became more pronounced, did not offset any increases in snow, and the ice sheet disappeared fairly rapidly.

You look at the economic climate overall, and this is not a good time to run up the credit cards.

Today's (consumer confidence) numbers do very little other than to simply confirm what we had predicted some time ago, that a consumer spending slowdown is basically inevitable so long as the employment climate remains as stagnant as it is,

We were all hearing from people in the know that this woman simply wasn't up to snuff. We were putting forth an argument that wasn't just punditry. We were reflecting deep discontent within the conservative movement. We played a part in changing the climate simply because of the megaphone we have.

We don't know, ... The fact is that the buying climate remains very tough. There aren't so many big deals around anymore.

We want to look at these situations, the areas it happens, the climate it creates, where it exists and learn what we can do about it.

We Belgians love when we can go to L.A. because the city is amazing and the climate is fantastic.

We are making proposals, without trying to interfere in Haiti's legal process, but we feel that given the climate in the country, this would be the best solution.

The delegates in Buenos Aires have to be reminded that climate change is not something which will happen in the future, it is happening now, most dramatically in the Arctic. The main cause is clear and undisputed. Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to the burning of fossil fuels is accepted as the main cause of climate change by all scientists save those working for the fossil fuel industry. Polar bears may be some of the earliest victims, but the rest of us are not far behind.

Big writers become a kind of shared climate.

By looking at climate change as a clean energy generation problem, we're setting ourselves up not to solve it.

The British climate, although it is very wet, it is quite mild in winter. We don't get these severe - generally don't get severe winters.

The day was a very good start. There was a good buzz and a lot of enthusiasm. There could have been more MPs - it shows they're still not taking climate change seriously - but today laid a very solid foundation for the coalition and its future work.

The fact that this meeting is happening is an indication that they see some gaps and needs that need to be addressed. One of those gaps is between the hurricane researchers and the climate community.

The fact that the relationship holds across the transition between climatic regimes is a very strong indication of the important role of CO2 in climate regulation.

The fact that an offer of this magnitude wasn't enough to keep one Ford factory here underlines how bad Michigan's business climate is and how difficult times are for our domestic automakers.

Disinformation about the state of climate change science is extraordinarily if not criminally irresponsible...

The climate continues to deteriorate.

Britain possesses no climate, only weather.

For 10 years, I have fought passionately for climate protection.

Nuclear power has died of an incurable attack of market forces and is way beyond any hope of revival, because the competitors are several-fold cheaper and are getting rapidly more so.

If I had a dream show, I probably shouldn't even mention it in this climate, but it would be like a kind of Fix It show.

I would hate for climate change to be accepted simply because everyone was dying.

In its heyday, Hollywood reflected, if it did not actually produce, the sexual climate of our land.

Nobody can tell about this California climate. One minit its hot and the next minit its cold, so a person never knows what to hock.

...I'm saying that we (Americans) have sunk pretty low and I'm saying that you can look at the moral climate in Germany in 1933. We have to ask ourselves if we found ourselves in Nazi Germany, what would we do. Now I say, let the inspection process take its course.

Wall Street is waking up to climate change risks and opportunities. Considerably more of the world's largest corporations are getting a handle on what climate change means for their business and what they need to do to capture opportunities and mitigate risks. This all points to a continued elevation of climate change as a critical shareholder value issue for investors.

We call on those who have the power to take measures and to reduce the potential impact of climate change on our health.

When political leaders fail to denounce anti-Semitic violence and slurs, the void is not only demoralizing to the victims, but silence actually enables the wrongdoing. Silence by elected officials in particular conveys approval - or at least acquiescence - and can contribute to a climate of fear and a sense of vulnerability.

While some people might question the importance of a correction that changes the long-term trend by only 0.035ºC per decade, for us the most important thing is to produce a climate dataset that is as accurate and reliable as humanly possible.

While scientists used to think that effects of climate change on health would be evident a long time from now, research shows some effects are visible now.

Though every nation must do its part to address climate change, developed nations are responsible for the lion's share of carbon pollution in the atmosphere, and they have an obligation to help developing nations transition to a sustainable future.

Those who say that climate change doesn't exist are being understood as the flat-earthers that they are, as the people who deny the link between smoking and cancer, as the people who denied the link between HIV and AIDS.

We are witnesses to one of the most striking examples of climate change in the Arctic.

We collaborate with other countries on issues like public health and climate change because we understand these issues affect our collective welfare.

We have great international experts within India telling us that the climate is changing, and actions has to be taken, otherwise China and India would be the countries most to suffer from climate change.

We don't agree on the Kyoto Treaty, but we do agree that climate change is a serious issue and we must work together,

We would be very supportive of employer-driven worker-training initiatives. We must fix the basic economic climate issues that prompt people to leave in the first place.

This survey sends a clear message to states whose legal climate drives away businesses, jobs, and economic development. If you want a healthy state economy, clean up your act.

This report puts the best science forward to begin to identify the health risks from global climate change. Our findings suggest some cause for concern, but if we continue as a nation to make public health a priority, adaptation may be feasible.

When climate change supercharges weather patterns, the disadvantaged often suffer first and most.

We think that in the economy, the joint use of these military facilities will lead to an increase in the confidence in our country on behalf of investors and improve the general investment climate in our country.

Too often, the air conditioners we use to cool down also contribute to climate change - the very force that's fueling extreme heat.

This year the month's psychological climate also benefited from a solid rally in stocks that had begun in mid-October.