Whether the rest of the government is willing to admit to the dangers of climate change is anybodies guess, but the intelligence community has issued a 58 page report saying that climate change is dangerous. The rest of the world says: "Finally!"
The U. S. intelligence community has completed a study on the implications of climate change and world stability and arrived at the same conclusion as Environmental groups. Climate change could indeed lead to world unrest, government instability and wars.
Two prominent government security experts will be testifying today about the report before Congress. National Intelligence Council chairman Dr. Thomas Fingar and Energy Department intelligence chief Rolf Mowatt-Larsen will be testifying on the 58 page report entitled, "The National Security Implications of Global Climate Change Through 2030."
The results of this study is guaranteed to give government officials heartburn. Finally, the intelligence community has decided to live up to its name and issue a report based on fact rather than White House policy. Maybe it is because these are "spies" and not EPA officials, their full findings can make the headlines-sort of. The actual contents of the report are being classified because of the "detail" and "specifics" discussed, but the majority of the report is expected to be revealed during the course of Congressional testimony.
Basically, climate changes multiply the tensions that already exist and are the catalyst for conflicts. Examples can be found in the fights for water taking place in Africa and the Middle East, as well as, the increased tensions in Asia after the tsunamis and Hurricanes.
When basic resources needed to live or make a living become scarce, people look elsewhere to find them leading to tensions, prejudice, and wars. Simply look at the history of the water wars in western U. S. to gain some idea of what dangers shifting climates and resources can have on tempers and growth.
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Good post. I am monitoring this stuff too. Have you heard of my project about POLAR CITIES for survivors of global warming? I figure we might need them around 2500 or so, and I have written to Fingar about this. of course, no reply. But i am sure the USA govt and other govts are already planning their own polar cities for their own VIPs and powerful families, leaving the rest of us out in the cold, well, it won't be cold, it will be HOT. 500 years.
Wonder if you can take a look at my images, created by Deng Cheng Hong in Taiwan, and Lovelock has seen them and approves of them and told me IT MAY VERY WELL HAPPEN AND SOON.
Maybe you can blog one day on polar cities? Please do. Pro or con. I am curious to know your POV on all this.
As for Fingar's testimoney, he did not mention POLAR CITIES at all, but you can bet the Homeland Sec dept already has plans in place for polar cities in Alaska -- Juneau, Fairbanks, Anchroage, Nome....
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Danny Bloom | Homepage | 06.29.08 - 2:32 am | #
Very interesting material. Although it assumes the polar regions will be habitable. If the earth habitat becomes more and more unstable, the regions that may accommodate survivors may be beyond predicting.
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