The Days to Come
The threat of Climate Change has never been about just the discomfort of a few degrees of warmer weather. It is not about places getting balmier.
It is the horror of unleashing a string of chaotic events that will place the planet's resources and people's livelihoods and lives at risk.
The natural disasters we are experiencing around the globe in Bihar, Haiti, Cuba and the Caribbean, the American Midwest, the UK floods, are auguries of what may be in store for many people around the world. If climate change continues we expect tragedies like these to happen more often and with greater ferocity...It is no small thing.
Chaotic weather will cause food shortages due to crop failures and droughts. Areas prone to floods will see kinds they have never seen before... Storms will get stronger and the rage and suffering and loss that will ensue is understandable and frightening. It is no surprise that the UN, the British government, and the Pentagon all agree that climate change is the greatest security threat we face.
The following scenes in Haiti are harrowing, as hungry victims of hurricanes and floods lash out because of the harsh conditions they must endure.
The economic impact of all these disasters will be sure to carry the sting of these horrible experiences down to generations to come. Homes and property lost, perhaps never to be rebuilt. Jobs lost. Communities scattered like those after Katrina. Economies in tatters. Is this the future we are willing to risk?
It is necessary for us to aid the victims of these disasters, and it is even more necessary to start doing something about avoiding the coming catastrophes. Too little too late has never been good policy.
Visit:
The Consequences of Global Warming
What is Global Warming NatGeo
Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke
The Film Trouble the Water
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change
It is the horror of unleashing a string of chaotic events that will place the planet's resources and people's livelihoods and lives at risk.
The natural disasters we are experiencing around the globe in Bihar, Haiti, Cuba and the Caribbean, the American Midwest, the UK floods, are auguries of what may be in store for many people around the world. If climate change continues we expect tragedies like these to happen more often and with greater ferocity...It is no small thing.
Chaotic weather will cause food shortages due to crop failures and droughts. Areas prone to floods will see kinds they have never seen before... Storms will get stronger and the rage and suffering and loss that will ensue is understandable and frightening. It is no surprise that the UN, the British government, and the Pentagon all agree that climate change is the greatest security threat we face.
The following scenes in Haiti are harrowing, as hungry victims of hurricanes and floods lash out because of the harsh conditions they must endure.
The economic impact of all these disasters will be sure to carry the sting of these horrible experiences down to generations to come. Homes and property lost, perhaps never to be rebuilt. Jobs lost. Communities scattered like those after Katrina. Economies in tatters. Is this the future we are willing to risk?
It is necessary for us to aid the victims of these disasters, and it is even more necessary to start doing something about avoiding the coming catastrophes. Too little too late has never been good policy.
Visit:
The Consequences of Global Warming
What is Global Warming NatGeo
Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke
The Film Trouble the Water
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change
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