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Threats Posed by the Effects of Climate Change

Threats Posed by the Effects of Climate Change, 2019

Changes in climate are direct consequences from the manmade processes causing global warming (the Anthropocene era). They are threat for humanity and its sustainable future in two ways – 1. as change of weather patterns which should be tackled through all possible ways for reduction of global warming and bringing the CO2 emissions below pre-industrial levels and 2. as how the change of weather patterns interact with societies – including the ability or inability of governments to effectively manage rapid changes, ensure security and prosperity for their nations, and maintain their legitimacy. Climate change aftermaths are hiding potential threats for societies by disturbing their peaceful living and raising chances for conflicts. By changing the physical landscape extreme weather anomalies influence also the international geopolitical landscape. Most directly, climate change impacts state security by decreasing the readiness of institutions to answer its threats. Therefore, climate change impacts can be explicitly seen as potential security threads (even though they are not traditional security threads) and should be taken seriously into consideration of possible deepening of the caused instability. In this article only this second dimension will be regarded.

THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGES ON THE RISK OF NATURAL DISASTERS

Climate changes, caused by uncontrolled emissions of greenhouse gases, increasingly, directly / indirectly, threaten people and their material goods. In addition, the effects of climate changes (increasing in the average temperature of the biosphere, rising sea levels, melting glaciers, etc.), undoubtedly contribute to an increased risk of natural disasters. Moreover, climate changes impact on the gradual increase of their frequency, intensity and consequences. Around the world, numerous examples of natural disasters testify about great and inevitable impact of global warming on change in characteristics of floods, droughts, hurricanes, etc… It is therefore important to analyze the direct / indirect impacts of climate changes on all aspects of natural disasters. The article explicitly and implicitly explains the implications of climate changes on the emergence, intensity and frequency of natural disasters. In addition, it generally perceives the phenomenological structures of climate changes and natural disasters in order to analyze their mutual causality.

CLIMATE CHANGE - ITS CONSEQUENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

Climate change is a change atmospheric circulation or meteorological change in climate that persists over a long period of time (30 Year). Climate change refers to change in global surface temperature, change in pattern and intensity of rainfall and change in the extreme weather events. Climate change is the results of both natural as well as human causes like change in sun outputs, volcanic activities, and emission of green house gases by various human activities. It has become main global challenge and represents a unique security threat for us. Climate change is a change in climate cycle due to rise in mean global temperature caused by increasing amount of green house gases like carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon mono oxide, colorofloro carbon and methane in the atmosphere. Increasing population and human activities like rapid industrialization urbanization and burning of fossil fuel change in land use pattern and development of the modern mode of transportation etc. are added further GHGs in environment. Secondly in other side depletion of forest by extension of agricultural activities leads to the decrease in the sink or consumption of 𝐢𝑂2. Therefore due

Defining the impacts of climate change on extreme events

Garnaut Climate …, 2008

Defining the impacts of climate change on extreme events ... Defining the impacts of climate change on extreme events ... Prepared by Amanda Lynch, Neville Nicholls, Lisa Alexander and David Griggs, Monash University ... 3 Observed changes in Australian extreme weather ...

Climate change: comparative impact on developing and developed countries

2011

Government organizations are responsible for strategic decisions regarding the economic development of individual countries and regional areas. This decision-making process is influenced by the certainty of the information presented to government officials. One area where this decision-making influence is challenging government officials is in climate-based events. The past decade has witnessed a significant rise in the number of climate events, as well as the number of people affected by climate events.

Climate-Fragility Risk Brief

2021

currently works as an independent consultant specialised on climate change in fragile states. He spent the past five years as an Economic Advisor to the UN Support Mission in Libya where his tasks included supporting the country's energy transition and promoting the sustainable management of water resources. During the past 20 years, Matthew worked in UN peacekeeping missions, as a Cooperation Advisor to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and advised the Palestine Liberation Organisation for several years during the Oslo period. PROVIDED BY The Climate Security Expert Network, which comprises some 30 international experts, supports the Group of Friends on Climate and Security and the Climate Security Mechanism of the UN system. It does so by synthesising scientific knowledge and expertise, by advising on entry points for building resilience to climate-security risks, and by helping to strengthen a shared understanding of the challenges and opportunities of addressing climate-related security risks. www.climate-security-expert-network.org