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Top 25 Katharine Hayhoe Quotes (2025 Update)

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “For Christians, doing something about climate change is about living out our faith – caring for those who need help, our neighbors here at home or on the other side of the world, and taking responsibility for this planet that God created and entrusted to us.”

1. “For Christians, doing something about climate change is about living out our faith – caring for those who need help, our neighbors here at home or on the other side of the world, and taking responsibility for this planet that God created and entrusted to us.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “Natural gas is a very flexible source of energy that can help us bridge the gap between our current high-carbon economy and our zero-carbon future.”

2. “Natural gas is a very flexible source of energy that can help us bridge the gap between our current high-carbon economy and our zero-carbon future.”

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Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “Our carbon emissions have to eventually go to zero. We have to. Otherwise we’re never going to have a stable climate and that’s what our goal is for human civilization to thrive, a stable climate. We don’t want one that’s hotter, we don’t want one that’s colder, we want one that’s stable.”

3. “Our carbon emissions have to eventually go to zero. We have to. Otherwise we’re never going to have a stable climate and that’s what our goal is for human civilization to thrive, a stable climate. We don’t want one that’s hotter, we don’t want one that’s colder, we want one that’s stable.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “I feel like a physician, one who’s done a scan of the patient’s body and seen evidence of a potentially serious issue.”

4. “I feel like a physician, one who’s done a scan of the patient’s body and seen evidence of a potentially serious issue.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “It’s a new normal and I really do think that global weirding is the best way to describe what we’re seeing.”

5. “It’s a new normal and I really do think that global weirding is the best way to describe what we’re seeing.”

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Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “If we smoke, there’s no magic number of cigarettes, or number of years, that we can smoke before we know we’ll get lung cancer.”

6. “If we smoke, there’s no magic number of cigarettes, or number of years, that we can smoke before we know we’ll get lung cancer.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “I feel that one of the most important things I can do is connect climate change to the values, the faith, and the issues we already care about. And if, in the process, I have to sidestep around some very explosive mines, I will do that.”

7. “I feel that one of the most important things I can do is connect climate change to the values, the faith, and the issues we already care about. And if, in the process, I have to sidestep around some very explosive mines, I will do that.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “I don’t have to change the world all by myself, I just need to partner in the work God wants us to do.”

8. “I don’t have to change the world all by myself, I just need to partner in the work God wants us to do.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “There has been a concerted effort to frame caring about climate change and the environment as an alternate religion – one that worships the creation rather than the creator, so to speak.”

9. “There has been a concerted effort to frame caring about climate change and the environment as an alternate religion – one that worships the creation rather than the creator, so to speak.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “When I talk to my neighbor, or to someone at church who doesn’t accept that the planet is changing, I know that they don’t know any better. They’ve been told this information by somebody they trust and it’s not their fault. They’ve just never heard otherwise.”

10. “When I talk to my neighbor, or to someone at church who doesn’t accept that the planet is changing, I know that they don’t know any better. They’ve been told this information by somebody they trust and it’s not their fault. They’ve just never heard otherwise.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “There’s no question that natural gas is a lot better than coal or oil, in the sense that natural gas produces less carbon per unit of energy produced.”

11. “There’s no question that natural gas is a lot better than coal or oil, in the sense that natural gas produces less carbon per unit of energy produced.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “I don’t think there are any churches that have “Thou shalt not believe in climate change” written in their actual statement of faith.”

12. “I don’t think there are any churches that have “Thou shalt not believe in climate change” written in their actual statement of faith.”

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Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “We have to fix climate change with the people we have right now, and to a large extent with the perspectives we have right now as well.”

13. “We have to fix climate change with the people we have right now, and to a large extent with the perspectives we have right now as well.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “My faith tells me that God does want people to understand climate change and do something about it.”

14. “My faith tells me that God does want people to understand climate change and do something about it.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “When I look around, the biggest way in which we are failing to care for those in need is through ignoring climate change and acting like it doesn’t exist. As a Christian, I believe that is something the church needs to know.”

15. “When I look around, the biggest way in which we are failing to care for those in need is through ignoring climate change and acting like it doesn’t exist. As a Christian, I believe that is something the church needs to know.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “A person of faith who shares conservative values and who says very clearly that climate change is real – and here’s why we have to care about it – I think that we “unicorns” do pose a threat to people who want to muddy the waters and keep others in the dark.”

16. “A person of faith who shares conservative values and who says very clearly that climate change is real – and here’s why we have to care about it – I think that we “unicorns” do pose a threat to people who want to muddy the waters and keep others in the dark.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “The word “evangelist” means someone who spreads good news. Studying the impacts of climate change as I do, it’s hard to come up with good news. In many ways I feel more like a Cassandra or a Jeremiah than a good-news evangelist.”

17. “The word “evangelist” means someone who spreads good news. Studying the impacts of climate change as I do, it’s hard to come up with good news. In many ways I feel more like a Cassandra or a Jeremiah than a good-news evangelist.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “People have taken advantage of the very well-trodden pathways that divide science and faith on other issues, such as creation, evolution, and the age of the universe, to pigeonhole climate change as yet another variant on the same theme.”

18. “People have taken advantage of the very well-trodden pathways that divide science and faith on other issues, such as creation, evolution, and the age of the universe, to pigeonhole climate change as yet another variant on the same theme.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “On climate change and other issues with moral implications, we tend to believe that everyone should care for the same self-evident reasons we do. If they don’t, we all too often assume they lack morals. But most people do have morals and are acting according to them; they’re just different from ours. And if we are aware of these differences, we can speak to them.”

19. “On climate change and other issues with moral implications, we tend to believe that everyone should care for the same self-evident reasons we do. If they don’t, we all too often assume they lack morals. But most people do have morals and are acting according to them; they’re just different from ours. And if we are aware of these differences, we can speak to them.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “Where I live, if I put solar panels on my roof I’m not allowed to sell that energy back to the grid. I can’t change that restriction myself. I need our local decision-makers to fix that.”

20. “Where I live, if I put solar panels on my roof I’m not allowed to sell that energy back to the grid. I can’t change that restriction myself. I need our local decision-makers to fix that.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “I think it’s interesting that the United States and Australia are two of the most individualistic nations in the entire world in terms of national personality.”

21. “I think it’s interesting that the United States and Australia are two of the most individualistic nations in the entire world in terms of national personality.”

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Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “It’s a common perception that science and religion are mutually exclusive. But there are many scientists who would consider themselves to be spiritual people.”

22. “It’s a common perception that science and religion are mutually exclusive. But there are many scientists who would consider themselves to be spiritual people.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “For many of us, our values come from our faith.”

23. “For many of us, our values come from our faith.”

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Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “There is no set period of time or total amount of carbon emissions that we can stay below to ensure we stay safe.”

24. “There is no set period of time or total amount of carbon emissions that we can stay below to ensure we stay safe.”

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Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “We have to reach out to churches and schools and help people understand science, and we have to build rapport between scientists and people of faith. Then once we get that understanding and rapport built, then everyone will be on board with climate change.”

25. “We have to reach out to churches and schools and help people understand science, and we have to build rapport between scientists and people of faith. Then once we get that understanding and rapport built, then everyone will be on board with climate change.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “We’re not paying a real price for carbon. If we were, we wouldn’t be using as much. We need to have the right perspective. It’s not just about next quarter’s financial return. It’s about where we want to be in ten years.”

26. “We’re not paying a real price for carbon. If we were, we wouldn’t be using as much. We need to have the right perspective. It’s not just about next quarter’s financial return. It’s about where we want to be in ten years.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “No matter where we live, the result is the same: as people identify with increasingly narrow tribes, they begin to view those with different views as alien, not worth respecting or even treating as human. The Beyond Conflict Institute’s 2020 report, America’s Divided Mind, didn’t mince any words: “Increasingly, Americans who identify themselves as either Democrats or Republicans view one another less as fellow citizens and more as enemies who represent a profound threat to their identities.”

27. “No matter where we live, the result is the same: as people identify with increasingly narrow tribes, they begin to view those with different views as alien, not worth respecting or even treating as human. The Beyond Conflict Institute’s 2020 report, America’s Divided Mind, didn’t mince any words: “Increasingly, Americans who identify themselves as either Democrats or Republicans view one another less as fellow citizens and more as enemies who represent a profound threat to their identities.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe Quote: “Huge advances in clean energy technology are happening all the time. Solar and wind are booming. New ways to generate energy from our windows, the paint on our walls, and even our bike paths are being invented all the time. Technology is moving forward, but it needs to be moving forward faster.”

28. “Huge advances in clean energy technology are happening all the time. Solar and wind are booming. New ways to generate energy from our windows, the paint on our walls, and even our bike paths are being invented all the time. Technology is moving forward, but it needs to be moving forward faster.”

— Katharine Hayhoe

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