The following image is from the United Nations Development Program, who’s task it is to gather and provide information related to helping people build a better life for themselves. | |
Relative to the complete human species (roughly 7 billion people), a figure of 15 million people being displaced due to climate related issues in a single year (2016) may not seem like a large number. What needs to be understood is this is just the canary – coughing and wheezing – in the coal mine, or (probably) a better image might be the first trickle of water from the smallest of cracks in a gigantic dam. And this is just the wet weather data… It does not show displacement due to drought and water shortage (increased fires) or winter storms and tornado damage. | |
New Orleans (LA), Seaside (NJ), Houston (TX) and Puerto Rico are just the beginning… And, yet, we (the United States) are withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accords… We need to wake up and smell the coffee. Climate change is already here, not coming in the future. The question is: What are we going to do to mitigate its effect on our country and our civilization? This is a national security issue, not some pie in the sky hoax started by environmentalists. The longer we wait, the more difficult (and expensive) our response will be. …And the more catastrophic the period between now and whatever becomes “the new normal”. | |
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November 5, 2019 by kmabarrett
Posted in Environment, Pictures, Politics, Science and Learning | Tagged 2016 Climate Related Population Displacement, Ecology, Environment, Global Climate Change, National Security, Paris Climate Accords, Pictures, Politics, UNDP, United Nations Development Program | Leave a Comment
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