Accelerate Quote by Jamais Cascio

The specter of climate change threatens worsening natural disasters, rapid urbanization, forced migration, and economic hardship for the most vulnerable. Despite significant global advances,…

— Tedros Adhanom

The bottom line is that the impacts of climate change can exacerbate resource competition, threaten livelihoods, and increase the risk of instability and conflict,…

— John F. Kerry

Climate change disasters will displace more and more. Those who are most exposed are the poorest.

— Jan Egeland

...99% of the casualties linked to climate change occur in developing countries. Worst hit are the world's poorest groups. While climate change will increasingly…

— Rajendra K. Pachauri

Beyond the borders of wealthy countries like the United States, in developing countries where most people in the world live, the impacts of climate…

— Amy Goodman

Many smaller economies - island states, poor nations, and tropical countries are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

— Brian Deese

Disadvantaged communities are among the most vulnerable to climate change.

— Tulsi Gabbard

Climate change that is occurring right now is causing so much suffering all around the world. Whether it's adding 30 million people to the…

— Ellen Page

The damage that climate change is causing and that will get worse if we fail to act goes beyond the hundreds of thousands of…

— David Suzuki

The direct risks from climate change are obvious: as changing weather patterns cause extremes of flood and drought, hurricanes and typhoons. These damage the…

— Barry Gardiner

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

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