'It is a man-made disaster , ' she said . ' With different policies over the last 20 years , all of this could be avoided ' ' The UN has warned that climate change will cause more droughts and floods in Africa as well as increasing food prices by up to 50 per cent. One of the so-called liberal environmental groups Fiorina blamed later knocked her political savvy and said her argument was 'irrational ' Another group said hundreds of dams in California have n't helped with the drought - 'that 's because you ca n't store what 's not there ' A spokeswoman for Fiorina told Daily Mail Online , 'It is clear that the radical environmental lobby would prefer to ignore the facts on this one '
'It is a man-made disaster , ' she said . 'With different policies over the last 20 years , all of this could be avoided ' 'Liberal environmentalists have prevented the building of a single new reservoir or a single new water conveyance system , ' she accused . One of the so-called liberal environmental groups Fiorina blamed later knocked her political savvy and said her argument was 'irrational ' Another group said hundreds of dams in California have n't helped with the drought - 'that 's because you ca n't store what 's not there ' A spokeswoman for Fiorina told Daily Mail Online , 'It is clear that the radical environmental lobby would prefer to ignore the facts on this one '