{"id":10467,"date":"2013-11-04T12:15:48","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T01:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=10467"},"modified":"2013-11-05T11:13:45","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T00:13:45","slug":"defence-and-climate-change-a-reply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/defence-and-climate-change-a-reply\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence and climate change: a reply"},"content":{"rendered":"
Anthony Bergin and Anthony Press\u2019 recent post\u00a0‘Defence and Climate Change<\/a>‘\u00a0is right on the money. Defence needs to do more than it\u2019s already doing to prepare the ADF to face the challenges of a warming planet. All of the authors\u2019 recommendations should be taken on board. But I fear that Bergin and Press don\u2019t go far enough in their post.<\/p>\n A warming climate and shifts in rainfall patterns are only part of the challenge that has begun to transform our planet. In fact, there\u2019s nothing new about the climate changing\u2014its documentation in the historical, anthropological and geologic record is widespread and should convince all of its existence. Its novelty is only in the eyes of our current generation whose memory doesn\u2019t extend far enough into the past.<\/p>\n The greatest danger posed by climate change isn\u2019t the warming or the changes in rainfall patterns. Rather it\u2019s the effect these events will have on the fabric of society. The risks of climate change must be seen as a two-step process. First are the changes in the existing parameters of the physical world to which humanity has adapted. As these changes occur societies must adapt to the new environment. This has happened many times in the past in previous climate change events. Those societies that manage to adapt survive. Those that do not, don\u2019t.<\/p>\n