David Titley Quotes

“I see climate change as one of the driving forces in the 21st century. With modern technology and globalization, we are much more connected than ever before. The world's warehouses are now container ships.”

— David Titley

“We need to start prioritizing people, not polar bears.”

— David Titley

“People working on climate change should prepare for catastrophic success.”

— David Titley

Most people out there are just trying to keep their job and provide for their family. If climate change is now a once-in-a-mortgage problem, and if food prices start to spike, people will pay attention.

— David Titley

“Unfortunately, there's a lot of people in high places who understand the science but don't like where the policy leads them: too much government control.”

— David Titley

When we talk about climate, we need to do everything we can to set the stage before the actors come on. And they may only have one chance at success. We should keep thinking: How do we maximize that chance of success?

— David Titley

“Climate change isn't just an environmental issue; it's a technology, water, food, energy, population issue. None of this happens in a vacuum.”

— David Titley

Politicians have responsibility to act if the public opinion changes. Flooding, storms, droughts are all getting people talking about climate change. I wonder if someday Atlanta will run out of water?

— David Titley

“I like to think of climate action as a three-legged stool.”

— David Titley

“You get a series of super-typhoons into Shanghai and millions of people die. Does the population there lose faith in Chinese government? Does China start to fissure? I'd prefer to deal with a rising, dominant China any day.”

— David Titley

If you start getting instability in large powers with nuclear weapons, that's not a good day.

— David Titley