Fresh water is like a fossil fuel; we should not waste it.

There is no question that a very large number of people have to move; you cannot live where the water comes over you. I have not heard one suggestion on how we are going to move one hundred million people out of low-lying areas and what countries would be willing to accept them.

The amount of water on the planet does not change, only its quality.

I am involved in making measurements in polar oceans, and they are changing more than anything else. I think we have to be prepared for major changes associated with the melting of floating ice and the melting of the Greenland glacier.

We must have the hope to be able to succeed.

We still have hope; it is what keeps us going.

We have to have more consideration for people who have lesser means than we do. It is a problem of survival.