Climate change Quote by Nicholas Stern

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

Nowhere is this challenge more critical -- and the need for action more pressing -- than in the Horn of Africa. From Kenya to…

— Rajiv Shah

Climate change brings increasingly frequent and severe weather patterns and this means more floods.

— Barry Gardiner

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

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 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

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

“Slaps in the face like this provide opportunities for change. A drought definitely gets people thinking about how they can manage resources better. It’s…

— Judith D. Schwartz

I believe water will be the defining crisis of our century — from droughts, storms, and floods to degrading water quality. We'll see major…

— Alexandra Cousteau

You read statistics all the time like, "13 million people are at risk because of the severe drought in East Africa," but I think…

— Scarlett Johansson

It's a real misconception that water is a problem in Africa only. It's also an issue in Nepal, in Honduras, and in the United…

— Kenna

...in just 25 years the glaciers in the Himalayas which provide water for three-quarters of a billion people could disappear entirely.

— Gordon Brown