Climate change is the world's most dangerous security threat.
The cost in money and lives will exceed the costs of any war we have
fought before. Can you imagine for a minute the cost to retrofit
communities, homes, and infrastructure to sustain our way of life with
the new reality of extreme weather events? Can our governments begin to
calculate the cost as they make national budgets to include the cost of
emergency response to extreme weather events? Can businesses survive
the extra costs? How much more in taxes will each citizen pay to fight
the effects of climate change? How can the poor and marginal
communities survive? How many more refugee crises and violent social
conflicts will we see as a result of the struggle to deal with
dissipating resources? Woe to us if we do not choose leaders who have
the guts to recognize and respond to climate change as a world wide
crisis. Some think it is too late.
Update (August 13, 2023):
😭 So sad to hear ofthe fires in Maui August 8-9, 2023 that have destroyed so much of what we saw. Lahaina is gone! The lovely people of Maui are facing so much devastation, may they get relief as soon as possible. I am crying for their losses.😭 Donate to Maui Strong to help the people recover.
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