Climate Change From Military Perspective

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Climate change ‘significant and direct’ threat to U.S. military: reports

The effects of climate change endanger U.S. military operations and could increase the danger of international conflict, according to three new documents endorsed by retired top U.S. military officers and former national security officials.

“There are few easy answers, but one thing is clear: the current trajectory of climatic change presents a strategically-significant risk to U.S. national security, and inaction is not a viable option,” said a statement published on Wednesday by the Center for Climate and Security, a Washington-based think tank.

Article on Trust During Recovery

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NOTE: The Diva considers this a significant article.

Trust deficit: Japanese communities and the challenge of rebuilding Tohoku, by Daniel P Aldrich , Northeastern University. Forthcoming in Japan Forum (2017)

Thanks to the author for sending the link to this pre-publication version.

The Diva found the article quite interesting, as did fellow blogger Eric Holdeman. See also the comment from Jerry Quinn in the section below.

 

LA Flood Costs Estimated at $15B, Mostly Uninsured

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Louisiana Flood of 2016 seen costing up to $15 billion, mostly uninsured

The flooding that damaged as many as 110,000 homes and more than 100,000 vehicles in Louisiana last month cost $10 billion to $15 billion, with most of the sum uninsured, according to a risk modeler.

Private residential policies don’t protect against flooding in the U.S., and at least 80 percent of the damaged homes lacked coverage through a government program, according to a report Friday from Impact Forecasting, an arm of insurance broker Aon.

Extensive Resource Guide on Resilience

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A significant contribution to the topic by a team of authors from many countries. See: IRGC Resource Guide on Resilience

The resource guide available on this page is a collection of authored pieces that review existing concepts, approaches and illustrations or case-studies for comparing, contrasting and integrating risk and resilience, and for developing resilience. Most papers focus also on the idea of measuring resilience. Although this idea may not sound right to some, there are on-going efforts for evaluating resilience, developing resilience indicators, and measuring the effectiveness of actions taken to build resilience. These efforts are worth considering because indicators and metrics for resilience are needed to trigger interest and investment from decision-makers.

This guide is designed to help scientists and practitioners working on risk governance and resilience evaluation. It stresses the importance of including resilience building in the process of governing risk, including in research, policy, strategies, and practices. It emphasises the need to develop metrics and quantitative approaches for resilience assessment and instruments for resilience management.