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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
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Climate Change and The Military Project2009 - 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: • 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
Do not only aspire for results but act and only then there would be a result – Philosophy of ‘Karma’ TIME TO ACT IS NOW