“What we are talking about is extended world war...People would move on a massive scale. Hundreds of millions, probably billions of people would have to move.” PeopleWorldWarMovingEnergyTalkingMillionsEnvironmentClimate ChangeBillionsScalesWar Of The WorldsMassive Author:Nicholas Stern
“Climate change will affect the basic elements of life for people around the world - access to water, food production, health, and the environment. Hundreds of millions of people could suffer hunger, water shortages and coastal flooding as the world warms.” PeopleWorldSufferingWaterMillionsEnvironmentElementsClimateClimate ChangeHungerProductionsAccessAround The WorldWar Of The WorldsShortageFloodingCoastalFood ProductionElements Of LifeAccess To Water Author:Nicholas Stern
“A rise of 5C would be a temperature the world has not seen for 30 to 50 million years. We've been around only 100,000 years as human beings. We don't know what that's like.” KnowsWorldYearsHumansWould BeHuman BeingsMillionsClimate ChangeTemperature Author:Nicholas Stern
“Rising sea levels will result in tens to hundreds of millions more people flooded each year with a warming of 3 or 4°C. There will be serious risks and increasing pressures for coastal protection in South East Asia (Bangladesh and Vietnam), small islands in the Caribbean and the Pacific, and large coastal cities, such as Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Calcutta, Karachi, Buenos Aires, St. Petersburg, New York, Miami and London.” PeopleYearsLevelsResultsCitiesMillionsRiskSeaNew YorkSeriousPressureSouthProtectionEastLondonIslandsRisingVietnamAsiaPacificMiamiCaribbeanHong KongCalcuttaTokyoBangladeshGlaciersCoastalMumbaiShanghaiEast AsiaBuenos Aires Author:Nicholas Stern