The last time Earth was 1°C warmer than today, sea levels were 20 feet higher.

Hurricane seasons with four or more super-hurricanes, those with sustained wind speeds of 131 mph or more will soon become the norm.

In 2005... Mumbai, India, saw that country's most intense recorded instance of rainfall - 3 feet of rain in twenty-four hours.

If our government won't spend the money to protect New Orleans sufficiently today, what are the chances we will spend the money to protect dozens of coastal cities post-2050, once everyone knows that sea levels will keep rising and intense hurricanes will occur relentlessly?

Since 1955 the oceans have absorbed roughly twenty times more heat than the atmosphere.

Time is short. We have at most a decade to sharply reverse course.

Do believe that if we fail to act in time, it will be the single biggest regret any of us has at the end of our lives.