Transcript Climate Change and The Military 2009

Climate Change and
The Military Project
2009 - 2010
IES - Climate Change & Security at Copenhagen - II
The Contribution of the Global Security Community to Success
Brussels, 7 -8 October 2009
The Climate Change
Matrix
 Arctic ice melt, Glacier melt: Repercussions
 Climate Change and Global Challenge
 Debate on securitisation of climate.
 Role of Military Institutions
 Both in adaptation and mitigation
 New roles: Safeguarding human security jeopardised due to
climate change
 Understand the new variable of climate change in international
security dynamics
 Fourth IPCC report categorical in pinpointing loss of
natural resources due to Climate Change. Stress
Points.
 Land
 Water
 Food
The Climate Change
Matrix
 Climate Change and Security: Interrelation
 Distribution of dwindling natural resources are points of stress
concentration especially when vulnerable strata of society involved.
 Indian perspective
 Economically weak and badly affected neighbours.
 Sea level rise would cause internal and international migration at zones
where such pattern already exists.
 Agriculture likely to be very badly affected: Weather related hunger
likely to engulf billions.
 Climate Change and Indian Military. Briefly the major impacts that
Indian military would have to contend with are:
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Logistics routes.
Relocation of coastal military assets and maritime borders
Manage depleting ODS
Enhanced health care programme
Faster melting of snow in Jammu & Kashmir
Encroachment on military land due to migration
TIME TO ACT IS NOW
Do not only aspire for results
but act and only then there
would be a result –
Philosophy of ‘Karma’