Climate change and national security
Climate change and national security describes serious threats to the security and prosperity of countries, due to climate warming, and climate actions to adapt and mitigate impacts.
References
- Why the U.S. East Coast could be a major ‘hotspot’ for rising seas https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/02/01/why-the-u-s-east-coast-could-be-a-major-hotspot-for-sea-level-rise/
- Obama talks Risks to National Security from Climate Change at US Coast Guard Academy 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is3n5JjU4N0
- NASA experts explain ice melt in Antarctica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03t3429OUSM
- NATO: Climate Change Is Significant Security Threat and ‘Its Bite Is Already Being Felt’ http://ecowatch.com/2015/10/12/nato-climate-change/
- Climate Change Now Top Security Threat AND Top Economic Threat http://www.politicususa.com/2016/01/15/climate-change-top-security-threat-top-economic-threat-gop-ignores.html
- Worldwide Threat Assessment: Climate Magnifying Instability http://climateandsecurity.org/2016/02/10/world-wide-threat-assessment-climate-magnifying-instability/
- Peter Schwartz and Doug Randall (2003). “An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and its Implications for United States National Security” http://www.climate.org/PDF/clim_change_scenario.pdf
- Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change: Anticipating Surprises 2013 doi:10.17226/18373
- Doherty, Thomas J.; Clayton, Susan (2011). The psychological impacts of global climate change doi:10.1037/a0023141
- Leonardo DiCaprio at the UN: ‘Climate change is not hysteria – it’s a fact'” The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/23/leonarodo-dicaprio-un-climate-change-speech-new-york
- Arnold Schwarzenegger Don’t listen to the climate change cynics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn39BNUYe-w
- 13 million along US coast could see homes swamped by 2100, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/14/climate-change-us-coast-homes-2100-great-migration
Climate Security https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_security
Tags: 2016, Climate Security, National Security
Categories: Climate Change, Climate Security, Extreme Weather, Impacts, Sea Level Rise
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