Cool or be killed....
October 5th 2007 05:28
: Is Climate Change the biggest emerging threat to National Security?
This is my first post on Climate Forum www.climateforum.com.au, come check it out or read on here, I have been procrastinating all week about what to write as the previous contributor to this site has so many techniclly perfect articles on here and I def don't have the attention to detail a Lawyer posesses..So i am going to try something a little different.
I would like this to be an open Climate Change Forum from now on where anyone can post their ideas and Views on Climate change, I will try to introduce "hot" topics, or "cool" Topics just to get into the Spirit of it.
Today I would like to discuss the Topic of Climate Change supposedly being our biggest emerging threat to National Security.
Is it COOL or BE KILLED or is this just hysteria and a case of some people blowing the whole Climate Change thing out of proportion for their own gain?
From what I can glean the logic behind the headlines is that Climate Change will lead to drought which will lead to food shortages and possibly people flocking to our shores. Below is a quote from the Clmate Change Scientist who introduced the concept which has been embraced and brought to the headlines by none other than our Police Chief Mick Keelty who said
I might add this had been rebutted very swiftly by the PM and other such Political heavyweights which because I am a cynic has really got me thinking on this issue. Originally I thought these headlines were for media sensationalism to sell papers then the PM rebutted a little too swiftly for my liking........Of course the PM isn't going to admit it is a threat to National security because that would be political suicide coming into a Federal Election given he was against Climate Change for so long AND the surveys show 86% of us care about Climate Change......
I am interested to see what everyone out there thinks. Is it Hysteria or COOL OR BE KILLED Feel free to post, rebutt, disagree, agree, swear and get nasty.
Cheers and Happy Friday
Louie
Next Forum Topic....Using the Climate Change name in Vain, is Climate Change the new scapegoat for every little thing that goes wrong...I stubbed my toe because of Global Warming, i couldn't do my homework because of Global Warming....who shot JFK..Global Warming 
I would like this to be an open Climate Change Forum from now on where anyone can post their ideas and Views on Climate change, I will try to introduce "hot" topics, or "cool" Topics just to get into the Spirit of it.
Today I would like to discuss the Topic of Climate Change supposedly being our biggest emerging threat to National Security.
Is it COOL or BE KILLED or is this just hysteria and a case of some people blowing the whole Climate Change thing out of proportion for their own gain?
From what I can glean the logic behind the headlines is that Climate Change will lead to drought which will lead to food shortages and possibly people flocking to our shores. Below is a quote from the Clmate Change Scientist who introduced the concept which has been embraced and brought to the headlines by none other than our Police Chief Mick Keelty who said
"It's a challenge not just for the [federal police] and our state and territory colleagues, but for law enforcement the world over," he said.
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Climate change will affect security, scientist warns
Posted Wed Oct 3, 2007 1:32pm AEST
Map: Canberra 2600
A former CSIRO scientist and academic is warning that climate change will create serious issues for national security.
Dr Graham Pearman has raised concerns about water shortages, energy use and rising sea levels at the annual homeland security summit in Canberra.
Dr Pearman says now that the science allows us to anticipate what will happen, action is needed to prevent a human disaster.
"Maybe hundreds-of-millions of people being exposed to drought and this can have an impact both on their political stability, on their propensity to actually migrate and move, their capacity to feed themselves," he said.
"The quality of their economy and all of those things affect the way we trade with them and the way we interact with them."
Dr Pearman says that Australia needs to examine how to handle the difference in resources and stability of other nations.
"What do we do if for example many people in our neighbouring countries of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea on the coastlines are subjected to major losses of life and livelihood as a result of rising sea level?" he said.
"We need to think about these things before they happen."
Climate change will affect security, scientist warns
Posted Wed Oct 3, 2007 1:32pm AEST
Map: Canberra 2600
A former CSIRO scientist and academic is warning that climate change will create serious issues for national security.
Dr Graham Pearman has raised concerns about water shortages, energy use and rising sea levels at the annual homeland security summit in Canberra.
Dr Pearman says now that the science allows us to anticipate what will happen, action is needed to prevent a human disaster.
"Maybe hundreds-of-millions of people being exposed to drought and this can have an impact both on their political stability, on their propensity to actually migrate and move, their capacity to feed themselves," he said.
"The quality of their economy and all of those things affect the way we trade with them and the way we interact with them."
Dr Pearman says that Australia needs to examine how to handle the difference in resources and stability of other nations.
"What do we do if for example many people in our neighbouring countries of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea on the coastlines are subjected to major losses of life and livelihood as a result of rising sea level?" he said.
"We need to think about these things before they happen."
I might add this had been rebutted very swiftly by the PM and other such Political heavyweights which because I am a cynic has really got me thinking on this issue. Originally I thought these headlines were for media sensationalism to sell papers then the PM rebutted a little too swiftly for my liking........Of course the PM isn't going to admit it is a threat to National security because that would be political suicide coming into a Federal Election given he was against Climate Change for so long AND the surveys show 86% of us care about Climate Change......
I am interested to see what everyone out there thinks. Is it Hysteria or COOL OR BE KILLED Feel free to post, rebutt, disagree, agree, swear and get nasty.
Cheers and Happy Friday
Louie
Next Forum Topic....Using the Climate Change name in Vain, is Climate Change the new scapegoat for every little thing that goes wrong...I stubbed my toe because of Global Warming, i couldn't do my homework because of Global Warming....who shot JFK..Global Warming
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