The question of whether or to what extent human activities are causing global warming is not a matter of ideology, let alone of belief. The issue is simply one of risk management.
Interpretation
Human-induced global warming is a factual issue, not a belief, and it should be approached through risk management.
Malcolm Turnbull emphasizes that the debate regarding the impact of human activities on global warming transcends ideological or belief-based discussions. Instead, it is fundamentally about managing the risks associated with climate change and understanding the empirical evidence that supports the necessity for action.
In practice
During a climate change symposium, referencing this quote can underline the importance of basing discussions on scientific evidence rather than beliefs.
Let us be honest with each other. The threat to marriage is not the gays. It is a lack of loving commitment - whether it is found in the form of neglect, indifference, cruelty or adultery, to name just a few manifestations of the loveless desert in which too many marriages come to grief.
What you've got to do is recognize that you don't control everything for a start, you've got to play the cards you're dealt, the hand of cards you're dealt, as best you can, and that's what I always seek to do.
It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.'
I am an ambitious person, but I am not ambitious in the sense that I want jobs only for the sake of them... I am here to do things I think are worthwhile. I am always careful that the political positions I take are consistent with good policy. I would not want to be prime minister of Australia at any price.
The most complex object in the known universe: brain, only uses 20 watts of power. It would require a nuclear power plant to energize a computer the size of a city block to mimic your brain, and your brain does it with just 20 watts. So if someone calls you a dim bulb, that's a compliment.
We have the resources to build room for a trillion humans in this solar system, and when we have a trillion humans, we'll have a thousand Einsteins and a thousand Mozarts. It will be a way more interesting place to live.
That's one of the ironies of our time: Right when we're on the edge of serious improvements in health care, we're also cooking the planet.
More women should actively participate in space flight. There are many well educated women working in the space industry; they are very good candidates.
We do not know what the rules of the game are; all we are allowed to do is to watch the playing. Of course, if we watch long enough, we may eventually catch on to a few of the rules. The rules of the game are what we mean by fundamental physics.
There are no black holes in the sense of regimes from which light can't escape to infinity.
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