A Quote by Johan Rockstrom

Climate change poses tremendous threat to water resources, as there is inconsistency in the rains.

Johan Rockstrom

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Johan Rockstrom
Swedish - Environmentalist
Born: December 31, 1965

Climate change poses a serious, immediate and global threat to health.

Vivek Murthy

The clearest evidence that we are living beyond environmental means is the threat of dangerous climate change. The scale of this threat, to human life and to the natural resources and assets on which it depends, for everything from oxygen and clean water to healthy soils and flood defence, means that this simply must be our top priority

David Miliband

No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change.

Barack Obama

Climate change poses a serious threat to global prosperity, security and wellbeing.

Layla Moran

It is manifestly in the interest of the United States to deal with the very real threat that climate change poses. And that's why President Obama has worked so hard to reduce our own emissions and to lead internationally in forging the Paris climate agreement.

Susan Rice

Climate change poses a far greater threat to the outdoor industry than even the privatization of the public lands.

Gretchen Bleiler

Climate change poses a direct threat to the infrastructure of America that we need to stay competitive in this 21st-century economy.

Barack Obama

Climate change poses an existential threat to the planet that is no less dire than that posed by North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

Joseph Stiglitz

Wind and other clean, renewable energy will help end our reliance on fossil fuels and combat the severe threat that climate change poses to humans and wildlife alike.

Frances Beinecke

Investing in resilience and sustainability programs is essential to stretching our limited water resources, ensuring safe drinking water for at-risk communities, and adapting to climate change.

Alex Padilla

...the world needs to face up to the challenge of climate change, and to do so now. It is clear that climate change poses an urgent challenge, not only a challenge that threatens the environment but also international peace and security, prosperity and development. And as the Stern report showed, the economic effects of climate change on this scale cannot be ignored, but the costs can be limited if we act early

Gordon Brown

The water issue is critically related to climate change. People say that carbon is the currency of climate change. Water is the teeth.

Jim Yong Kim

You might not see climate change as an immediate threat to your job, your community, or your families," Kerry said. "But let me tell you, it is." He continued, "climate change is directly related to the potential of greater conflict and greater instability. I'm telling you that there are people in parts of the world - in Africa today, they fight each other over water. They kill each over it. And if glaciers are melting and there's less water available and more people, that is a challenge we have to face.