Global Climate Change : The United States Of America

This paper recognizes that climate change, which can be defined as the gradual increase in temperature caused by the increased production of carbon dioxide, presents a fundamental national security challenge.

Imagine your hometown underwater; the places you once hoped to show your grandchildren lost completely and swept away into an abyss. It doesn’t sound great, does it? Unfortunately, this could very well become reality. Maybe not during this generation, but eventually. Climate change is a severe issue that affects us all. Icecaps are melting, sea levels are rising, and many Americans are either unaware of the issue or have listened to major politicians dismissing the issue without much knowledge of it.

The Unites States of America is currently working to combat climate change in order to protect people from its effects. By combatting climate change, the USA hopes to prevent its effects from becoming worse in the future because the USA cares for its citizens and doesn’t want them to keep experiencing the consequences of climate change. The USA is putting great effort into dealing with climate change and also hopes that other businesses, organization, and individuals will join them in their effort (Environmental News Service). One concern the USA has towards climate change is its cause of natural disasters. Climate change is bringing more natural disasters by making weather patterns stronger, and weather patterns are becoming stronger as climate change grows which is bringing more natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and drought to the USA (Rice). One example of a natural disaster that occurred in the USA as a result of climate change is the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. In this event, a tornado rated 5 on the Enhanced Fuijta scale hit Oklahoma and had a negative impact on this city by destroying many of its houses and buildings also resulting in the destruction of businesses such as schools (Cable News Network). Another major concern of the USA towards climate change is that it will cause a rise in the global sea level which will result in many of its coastal cities to be submerged underwater. There will be a permanent 4 feet rise in the global sea level

Climate change and its link to increased terrorist activity will directly and indirectly affect the United States in the next ten years, while also laying the foundation for climate change to become one of the most pressing security challenges that the United States will face in the coming years.

Google defines climate change as “a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.” Neil Oculi from Humanity In Action says “Climate change presents both internal security threats (threats geographically localized within the US) and external threats (threats existing in regions outside the US that

As human exploitation causes temperatures to increase, in turn disturbing the biodiversity of several species, laws and regulations created by organizations are becoming increasingly more valuable. Over billions of years, Earth has endured several periods of mass extinction and has recently entered another era of mass extinction. Maintaining and protecting the biodiversity of species and their habitats is beneficial since genetic variability increases species ability to adapt. To avoid the further effects of climate change, carbon emissions must be drastically reduced across the globe. The World Wildlife Fund works to prevent the effects of climate change by partnering up with local communities and governments through restoring beach vegetation to shade marine turtle nests in the Caribbean, secure access to fresh water for elephants in Thailand during periods of drought, and identify areas where polar bears can live on solid Arctic sea ice for decades to come.

Everyday most of us wake not worrying if we are going to have a water shortage and it could possibly because of the way we treat our planet. James Hansen one of Times Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2006 did the Ted Talk: Why I Must Speak Out About Climate Change focusing on giving awareness to his listeners on climate change due to global warming.

Climate change affects people and nature in countless ways, and it often increases existing threats that have already put pressure on the environment.

an increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect. “http://www.dictionary.com/browse/global-warming”

Imagine a person going outside. The citizen takes a walk in a nearby park, but no animals are there. There are barely any trees around and the river looks like a stream.

Climate Change Case Study Assignment Climate change effects the world, especially in the United States of America. Due to climate change the United States of America is one of the most affected places in the world. Climate change has changed the lives of millions of Americans and is continuing to do so. Climate change has impacted a variety of different environmental events in the US including the weather and natural disasters. The number of wildfires in the US have increased, especially near Western US. With global warming creating warmer springs and summers result in hot and dry forests, the perfect conditions for wildfires. One of the most famous wildfires in US history was the Western Wildfires, which destroyed over 9.2 million acres of land and caused a major disturbance to the environment, the ecosystem and millions of American citizens.

The further advancement of Global Warming will lead to armed conflict in the world because rapid climate change creates ecological disasters that force groups to migrate, the problems climate change create for military bases lead to international disputes over unfunded liability costs; increases in global climate disruption directly correlate to an overall increase in the collective violence within impoverished nations.

For centuries the United States Military has addressed the many challenges of national security, from fighting for the foundation of America in the Revolutionary war, to the containment of terrorism and Islamic extremism in recent years, but now global climate change presents a new and very different type of challenge to national security. The stability of the world’s climate that has enabled human civilizations to grow and flourish over the last five thousand years is changing, causing environmental conditions deteriorate and cause worldwide instability that threatens national security. The sobering truth is that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are greater now than at any time in the past 650,000 years , and as the average global temperature is continuing to rise, necessary resources for sustaining global stability, such as food and clean water, are becoming scarce and or unavailable. While uncertainty may exist regarding the science and future extent of projected climate changes, the trends are clear. Climate change is happening, weather patterns are intensifying, essential provisions are decreasing, and instability is spreading. Climate change has already begun to put stress on the security and stability of society, but the worst effects on both the developed and developing world have yet to be felt. The United States must prepare for the future effects of climate change on political, economic, and social stability if

Third, it explains that climate change may weaken states ability to provide resources and services to the people. And finally, it outlines further research that could be conducted on climate change human security (or the lack of) and violent conflict.

While Michael Mann argued that globalization didn’t alter the nature of societies, as other hyper globalizers asserted, he, however, did say that globalization created two main threats that could alter societies in ways that were not known before. The first threat that he identified is warfare between nations using nuclear weapons. He argued that if nuclear and biological weapons were used, this could lead to the destruction of whole societies and countries. However, Mann also argued that warfare of that scale between the great powers is completely irrational and not very likely to occur anytime soon. The second threat that he identified, as the most likely to have major effects on societies in the years to come, is climate change. Climate change, which is a product of capitalistic practices of nation-states and individual consuming citizens, is a global threat that goes beyond national boundaries. As a result, this new challenge requires the production of high quality research from sociologists and social scientists; especially considering the role climate change has been playing recently in affecting patterns of migration and displacement, access to food and water, and reshaping the nature of conflict within nations and between nations. Thus, in this paper, I will highlight some of the themes in the literature that has been done recently on climate change, especially when it comes to the question of whether or not climate change is a good indicator of armed conflict. This