Excerpts of remarks by leading newsmakers

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Sam Kittner/World Wildlife Fund and Mark Godfrey/The Nature Conservancy
Carter Roberts, president and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund (left) and Stephanie Meeks, acting president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy.

On the implications of the UN sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report issued Saturday:

(Meeks) "What we all heard in the ... report is that the time frame [for action] has just shrunk substantially and I think that is an important message for Capitol Hill as well as for all of us."

On whether there is a mandate in the 2008 presidential campaign for action on global warming:

(Roberts) "It would be great if a mandate emerged from this election, but we haven't seen it be one of the top three issues for the candidates, possibly with the exception of [John] McCain."

On the carrot-versus-stick approach in leading environmental change:

(Roberts) "It is irresponsible to paint a picture of the problem without having a strong picture of the solution.... There are signs for hope in the world when you see what different countries are doing to respond to the problem.

(Meeks) "Carter and I both represent organizations [that] have as one of their core attributes hope about the future.... But at the same time, I think a little doom-and-gloom despair is called for ... and a few nightmares would probably be good for us as Americans because we have been living in La-La Land about this."

On the relationship between action on global warming by the US and other nations:

(Meeks) "Without our leadership it is going to be harder to get China and India there."

David Cook

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