“I think that once people understand the great risks that climate change poses, they will naturally want to choose products and services that cause little or no emissions of greenhouse gases, which means 'low-carbon consumption.' This will apply across the board, including electricity, heating, transport and food.” PeopleThinkingWantMeanLittlesCausesRiskProductsLowsClimateClimate ChangeIncludingBoardsConsumptionElectricityCarbonTransportEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesGreat RiskHeating Author:Nicholas Stern
“The greenhouse effect is something you can observe experimentally - and most people have observed the greenhouse effect themselves, in greenhouses. Yes?” PeopleEffectsGreenhouses Author:Nicholas Stern
“Those who say that climate change doesn't exist are being understood as the flat-earthers that they are, as the people who deny the link between smoking and cancer, as the people who denied the link between HIV and AIDS.” PeopleUnderstoodClimateClimate ChangeCancerDenyAidsSmokingFlatsLinksDeniedHiv Author:Nicholas Stern
“We can look back through ice-core data and see over 800,000 years, relationships between carbon dioxide and the temperature of the world. So those people who deny the importance of climate change are just wasting their time. They're also being diversionary because if we don't act the risks are enormous.” PeopleIfsWorldYearsLooksRiskImportanceClimateClimate ChangeDenyCoreEnormousIceDataCarbonTemperatureCarbon Dioxide Author:Nicholas Stern
“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
“I think it's important that people think about what they are doing and that includes what they are eating. I am 61 now and attitudes towards drinking and driving have changed radically since I was a student. People change their notion of what is responsible. They will increasingly ask about the carbon content of their food.” PeopleThinkingImportantAsksChangeAttitudeChangedStudentsEatingResponsibleDrinkingNotionDrivingCarbonDrinking And Driving 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
