Budgets Quote by Ban Ki-moon

Extreme weather threatens our energy and electric grid, federal buildings, transportation infrastructure, access to natural resources, public health, our relationships across the globe, and…

— Matt Cartwright

Every day, it seems, a new extreme weather catastrophe happens somewhere in America, and the medias all over it, profiling the ordinary folks wiped…

— Jane Velez-Mitchell

The impacts of extreme weather are already creating chaos.

— Patricia Espinosa

The threat from extreme weather events highlights the importance of investing in preparedness.

— Sheri Fink

The science linking the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather to the climate crisis has matured tremendously in the last couple of years.

— Al Gore

Once-in-a-generation weather events are now becoming a regular occurrence. Whether it be public safety power shutoffs or electric system failures due to extreme weather…

— Alex Padilla

Severe weather can come at any time, and millions of people are impacted by storms each year. Truly, the best defense against severe weather…

— Lucy McBath

As populations continue to increase, and the climate continues to deteriorate, and as people flock in ever increasing numbers to large, underdeveloped cities, the…

— Antonio Guterres

And if there is one thing we can be sure of, it’s that extreme weather events like Superstorm Sandy, Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines,…

— Naomi Klein

The bottom line is that weather events not only threaten private property and family budgets, but they also can decimate public resources and government…

— Matt Cartwright

Catastrophic damage from climate-driven extreme weather is now an annual reality. The cost of not dealing with it will be much greater than if…

— Avi Lewis

“I write these words in May of 2011, the week after a huge outbreak of tornadoes killed hundreds across the American South; it was…

— Bill McKibben