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I told him first two things; we are all concerned about climate change and the next sentence I said is, we are most concerned about the poorest three billion who had the least to do with this and are going to suffer the worst consequences, the Pope gave me a disarming smile, and then they said, the Holy Father wants to know what he can do about it. So I told him, 'In your speeches if you can please include us people to be better stewards of the planet.'.
– Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Found on CNN 9 years ago
This Pope has become a figure like Gandhi, or (President John F.) Kennedy, going beyond their own cultural surroundings. This Pope has gone beyond Catholicism. Of course he's leader of the Catholics, but many accept him as a moral leader, for someone like me -- who had worked on this problem for 40 years and became depressed last 10 years that I see the change happening but no action taken -- we see him as the hope.
– Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The problem is getting worse, and society isn't fixing it.
– Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Found on CNN 9 years ago
While we need science and technology to solve it, the underlying solution we need is to change our attitude toward nature.
– Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Found on CNN 9 years ago
For a long time, we thought carbon dioxide from fossil fuels was the main man-made greenhouse gas harming the planet. That changed overnight when in 1975 I published this paper in which I discovered that there are other gases in the atmosphere which are even more potent.
– Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I wanted to collect direct observations, measurements of how pollution from human beings is changing the climate.
– Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I thought it was spam. I almost deleted it.
– Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I saw the pontifical academy as a powerful source to bring science into religion. Simple reason is climate change as we all know has become a moral issue.
– Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Found on CNN 9 years ago
This was the best parking lot pitch I made.
– Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Found on CNN 9 years ago
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