Change Quote by Barry Gardiner

Most floods are caused by man, not weather; deforestation, levee construction, erosion, and overgrazing all result in the loss of ecosystem services.

— Paul Hawken

The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, droughts and floods is in line with what climate scientists have been predicting for decades - and…

— David Suzuki

People are seeing the impact of climate change around them in extraordinary patterns of floods and droughts, wildfires, heatwaves and powerful storms.

— John Holdren

The record rainfall and storm surges that have brought flooding across the UK are a clear sign that we are already experiencing the impacts…

— Nicholas Stern

As you get more global warming, you should see an increase in the extremes of the hydrological cycle - droughts and floods and heavy…

— James Hansen

Extreme precipitation is likely to increase with rising temperatures because of growing atmospheric humidity, leading to a higher risk of flash flooding nationwide.

— Tatiana Schlossberg

The evidence that climate change is happening is completely unequivocal... The later governments leave tackling climate change, the harder it will be to combat...…

— John Beddington

Floods will become more serious and frequent in the Indo-Gangetic plains. Drought induced food and water scarcity will become more acute. South Asia, Sub-Saharan…

— M. S. Swaminathan

In the last two years 24 countries have set new all-time temperature records. We've seen flooding on an epic scale in every continent .

— Bill McKibben

“We should not confuse the rising costs of flooding with flooding itself (or indeed with climate change). It is entirely caused by more houses…

— Bjorn Lomborg

We are talking about predictable recurring flooding.

— Robert A Brady

Floods, droughts, and natural disasters are a fact of life for farmers, ranchers, and foresters. They have persevered in the past, and they will…

— Sonny Perdue