“If you look at all the serious scientists in the world, there is no big disagreement on the basics of this...it would be absolute lunacy to act as if climate change is not occurring.” IfsWorldLooksBigsWould BeScienceEnergyEnvironmentSeriousScientistAbsolutesClimateClimate ChangeDisagreementBasicsLunacy Author:Nicholas Stern
“You'd see more floods like you've seen in Mozambique in 2000, you'd see more droughts like you saw in Kenya in the late 1990s, there would be a serious threat to the water flow down the Nile on which 10 countries depend.” CountryWould BeEnergyWaterEnvironmentSawsSeriousLike YouDependsLateFlowThreatClimate ChangeWeatherFloodKenyaDroughtNileMozambiqueFlood Likes Author:Nicholas Stern
“The scientific evidence is now overwhelming: climate change presents very serious global risks, and it demands an urgent global response.” RiskSeriousDemandEvidenceClimateResponseClimate ChangeOverwhelmingUrgentScientific Evidence 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
