Assistance Quote by Leon Panetta

Much of the attention on oceans has portrayed oceans as a villain. Warm water strengthened Hurricane Katrina that pounded Louisiana. Rising sea level will…

— Mark Powell

There are causes that are dear to me personally including encouraging entrepreneurship, improving livelihoods as well as helping humanitarian rescue and relief efforts.

— Ritesh Agarwal

Ice in the West Antarctic and over Greenland, i.e., ice that's over a rock at the moment, that will raise the level of the…

— Bill McKibben

We have a real role in how our own collective lives, our nation, and our world and society turn out. Seizing those opportunities is…

— Rebecca Solnit

There also is the plight that comes from natural disasters; these natural disasters could be alleviated or dealt with; we only need some time…

— Bhumibol Adulyadej

Disaster mitigation... increases the self reliance of people who are at risk - in other words, it is empowering.

— Ian Davis

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

— Jan Egeland

In the midst of economic recovery and global upheaval, disasters like this remind us of the common humanity that we share.

— Barack Obama

The mountain glaciers in every region of the world are melting, many of them at an accelerated rate, threatening drinking supplies - drinking water…

— Al Gore

The seas are rising, and millions of people are going to be affected by that - and already are. We have to make sure…

— Christopher Lloyd

Without sounding too grandiose, the survival of the planet itself is at stake, you have rising sea levels, acidification of the oceans, immigration sparked…

— Laurent Fabius

Disasters redistribute money from taxpayers to construction workers, from insurance companies to homeowners, and even from those who once lived in the destroyed city…

— James Surowiecki