Ottmar Edenhofer Quotes

#1. Climate policy has almost nothing to do anymore with environmental protection, says the German economist and IPCC official Ottmar Edenhofer. The next world climate summit in Cancun is actually an economy summit during which the distribution of the worlds resources will be negotiated.

Ottmar Edenhofer

#2. But one must say clearly that we redistribute de facto the world's wealth by climate policy ... One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy any more.

Ottmar Edenhofer

#3. I work 6:00 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week.

Jerry Falwell

#4. I can just imagine the recruiting poster. 'Ghost whisperers wanted: no experience necessary. Death wish and masochistic tendencies a must.

Mary Lindsey

#5. Hence the skillful fighter puts himself into a position which makes defeat impossible, and does not miss the moment for defeating the enemy.

Sun Tzu

#6. Libya as a country is a relatively new concept. The period of Libya as a modern nation really starts after World War II.

Elliott Abrams

#7. No matter how I say it, Donghae hyung holds a very high place in my heart.

Cho Kyuhyun

#8. Today some actors get a little full of themselves about what they're doing.

Ray Liotta

#9. There is a clear message from science: To avoid dangerous interference with the climate system, we need to move away from business as usual.

Ottmar Edenhofer

#10. Climate change is a global commons problem.

Ottmar Edenhofer

#11. Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of American communities.

Jane Jacobs

#12. It is my principle never to accept any donations from any government or any foreign funded organisation.

Abdul Sattar Edhi

#13. You know, the very strength of science is that it keeps us from the errors of mythos, from getting committed to a set of memes that we adopt because of congruence with what we think we know. Science demands skepticism.

Tim Ward

#14. Climate change policy is about how we redistribute de facto the world's wealth.

Ottmar Edenhofer

#15. I now accept that it is looking increasingly likely that Tiger Woods is, in fact, straight.

Stephen Fry

#16. It does not cost the world to save the planet,

Ottmar Edenhofer

#17. We cannot afford to lose another decade. If we lose another decade, it becomes extremely costly to achieve climate stabilization.

Ottmar Edenhofer