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3 climate impacts the U.S. will see if warming goes beyond 1.5 degrees
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As world leaders gather at COP28, the annual climate change negotiations held in Dubai this year, one number will be front and center: 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). That's the amount countries have agreed to limit warming to by the end of the century.
The world is already perilously close to that number. Since the Industrial Revolution, the planet has warmed by about 1.2 degrees Celsius, predominantly due to heat-trapping emissions that come from burning fossil fuels. This year is expected to be the hottest on record, with temperatures in September reaching 1.8 degrees Celsius above average.
Currently, the world is on track for just under 3 degrees Celsius of warming (more than 5 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century. While a few degrees of difference may seem small, climate research shows that every tenth of a degree can have a profound effect when it comes to the dangers posed by extreme weather.
"We're not destined for some catastrophic climate," says Deepti Singh, who is an assistant professor at Washington State University. "We know that we can have a future that is more equitable and less volatile if we limit the warming through our actions today."
Here are three climate impacts that get substantially worse in the U.S. if the world exceeds 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming.
As world leaders gather at COP28, the annual climate change negotiations held in Dubai this year, one number will be front and center: 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). That's the amount countries have agreed to limit warming to by the end of the century.
The world is already perilously close to that number. Since the Industrial Revolution, the planet has warmed by about 1.2 degrees Celsius, predominantly due to heat-trapping emissions that come from burning fossil fuels. This year is expected to be the hottest on record, with temperatures in September reaching 1.8 degrees Celsius above average.
Currently, the world is on track for just under 3 degrees Celsius of warming (more than 5 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century. While a few degrees of difference may seem small, climate research shows that every tenth of a degree can have a profound effect when it comes to the dangers posed by extreme weather.
"We're not destined for some catastrophic climate," says Deepti Singh, who is an assistant professor at Washington State University. "We know that we can have a future that is more equitable and less volatile if we limit the warming through our actions today."
Here are three climate impacts that get substantially worse in the U.S. if the world exceeds 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming.
3 climate impacts the U.S. will see if warming goes beyond 1.5 degrees
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In an article posted yesterday, Northwestern University’s Medill National Security Reporting Project discusses the U.S.
intelligence community’s history with and concern over the growing security risks posed by climate change.
For nearly two decades now, climate change has been recognized as a security risk by many within the U.S. intelligence community.
From contracting with university scientists to collaborating with other governments, the intelligence community has worked to understand and prepare for the many security implications posed by climate change.
For example, according to one CIA climate change analyst interviewed, most recent research has included the flooding last year in Pakistan:
“We wanted to know: What are the conditions that lead to a situation like the Pakistan flooding? What are the important things for water flows, food security …radicalization, disease, and displaced people?”
With almost twenties years of work under their belts, one would assume that the U.S. Intelligence community would be a leading authority on climate change. However, the endeavors of the intelligence community to understand the security risks of climate change have been hampered over the years by partisan politics and climate change skeptics, miring almost all efforts by the intelligence community to assess the dangers of climate change.
According to a congressional oversight report, the George W. Bush administration, Retired General and former CIA director (2006-2009), Michael Hayden, reported, In recent years, the military, lawmakers, and policy analysts have all begun to express how ill-equipped the U.S. is to deal with the risks posed by climate change. The military claims it lacks the intel to properly plan their missions and the intelligence community reports it lacks the functional structures to address an issue such as climate change.
According to one 23-year veteran of the CIA.
SOURCE : https://www.americansecurityproject.org/the-intelligence-community-and-climate-change/
One effect of climate change is that a warmer atmosphere creates more intense precipitation events.
SOURCE : https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/07/29/climate-chang-flooding/
B.) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
ESTIMATE
Climate Change and International
Responses Increasing Challenges to
US National Security Through 2040
NIC-NIE-2021-10030-A
SOURCE : https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/NIE_Climate_Change_and_National_Security.pdf
C.) ASP SECURITY PROJECT
The Intelligence Community and Climate Change
Posted By Daniel Oliver-Smith on Jan 11, 2011
In an article posted yesterday, Northwestern University’s Medill National Security Reporting Project discusses the U.S.
intelligence community’s history with and concern over the growing security risks posed by climate change.
For nearly two decades now, climate change has been recognized as a security risk by many within the U.S. intelligence community.
From contracting with university scientists to collaborating with other governments, the intelligence community has worked to understand and prepare for the many security implications posed by climate change.
For example, according to one CIA climate change analyst interviewed, most recent research has included the flooding last year in Pakistan:
“We wanted to know: What are the conditions that lead to a situation like the Pakistan flooding? What are the important things for water flows, food security …radicalization, disease, and displaced people?”
With almost twenties years of work under their belts, one would assume that the U.S. Intelligence community would be a leading authority on climate change. However, the endeavors of the intelligence community to understand the security risks of climate change have been hampered over the years by partisan politics and climate change skeptics, miring almost all efforts by the intelligence community to assess the dangers of climate change.
According to a congressional oversight report, the George W. Bush administration, Retired General and former CIA director (2006-2009), Michael Hayden, reported, In recent years, the military, lawmakers, and policy analysts have all begun to express how ill-equipped the U.S. is to deal with the risks posed by climate change. The military claims it lacks the intel to properly plan their missions and the intelligence community reports it lacks the functional structures to address an issue such as climate change.
According to one 23-year veteran of the CIA.
SOURCE : https://www.americansecurityproject.org/the-intelligence-community-and-climate-change/
Climate Change Is Making Flooding Worse. Here's How.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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