Climate and Social Stress Implications for Security Analysis

Free Download Climate and Social Stress : Implications for Security Analysis By National Research Council; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; Board on Environmental Change and Society; Committee on Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Social and Political Stresses; Jo L. Husbands; Paul C. Stern; John
2013 | 253 Pages | ISBN: 0309278562 | EPUB | 1 MB
Climate change can reasonably be expected to increase the frequency and intensity of a variety of potentially disruptive environmental events-slowly at first, but then more quickly. It is prudent to expect to be surprised by the way in which these events may cascade, or have far-reaching effects. During the coming decade, certain climate-related events will produce consequences that exceed the capacity of the affected societies or global systems to manage; these may have global security implications. Although focused on events outside the United States, Climate and Social Stress: Implications for Security Analysis recommends a range of research and policy actions to create a whole-of-government approach to increasing understanding of complex and contingent connections between climate and security, and to inform choices about adapting to and reducing vulnerability to climate change.