China News Service, February 26. According to the Qiaobao Daily, a report released by the Center for Climate and Security of the US Security Policy Institute on the 24th warns that climate change may affect national and global security in the coming decades. Posing a "catastrophic" threat.
The report writes, "Even with minimal warming, every region of the world will face serious risks in terms of national security and global security in the next 30 years. Higher levels of climate warming will The 21st century brings catastrophic, and possibly even irreversible, global security risks. "
Data Map: On August 5, 2019, local time, a floating iceberg in Svalbard, Norway.
The report is reportedly entitled "Assessment of Security Threats to Global Climate Change: How Climate Warming Predicts Disastrous Global Security."
In order to avoid the above terrible things, the report recommends "the rapid reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the phase-out of fossil fuels".
Human-induced climate change—also known as global warming—is caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas, and coal, which, when burned, release greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide into the earth's atmosphere. Scientists say that the above-mentioned reasons have caused climate warming. After all, the current degree of climate warming has reached a level that cannot be explained by natural factors.
The report also points out the significant threats that climate change may pose, including increasing social and political instability, and threatening US military missions and infrastructure, as well as security agencies worldwide.
The report states that with low levels of global warming, North America “may experience more intense extreme natural disasters, such as storms and wildfires, which will have a significant impact on the lives of residents, property safety, social infrastructure and even It is the democratic system that has a major impact. "
Data map: On January 7, 2020 local time, Kangaroo Island, southwest of Adelaide, Australia, was hit by a forest fire. A kangaroo stood in front of a forest turned into coke.
"The result of the assessment is clear that climate change is a very urgent risk for national and global security. If we let global temperatures continue to rise, it will evolve into a serious problem," said report co-author Shelly Goodman. Systemic threat. "
Goodman said, "Our analysis of our panel of experts shows that nowhere in the world can stand alone. Even with lower temperatures, the climate will interact in a dangerous way in a short period of time."
"Climate change will pose a major threat to U.S. military missions, regional security agencies, and infrastructure in all areas of its responsibility," the report wrote.
The report states that in addition to the need to phase out fossil fuels, "the environment, infrastructure, institutions and systems on which human security depends must be 'climate protected', and we call for priority treatment, communication and response to climate security threats."
"The role of the U.S. intelligence community is to predict the risks to national security and provide appropriate strategic warnings to policy makers," said Rod Shonoff, co-author of the report and "Centre for Climate and Security." Science has studied it well The National Security Agency also analyzed what threats climate change will pose to people and the country. But we have not been able to act quickly to resolve the problem. "