Gwynne Dyer: Climate Wars (2008)

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http://ecosanity.org/blogsanity
May 15, 2009

Any crash course to a broad understanding of the scale, complexity and urgency of the climate crisis should include this informative, one-hour lecture by journalist, syndicated columnist and military historian, Gwynne Dyer, based on his new book, Climate Wars (video by TVO and recorded at the University of Toronto, Dec. 8, 2008).

A couple of years ago, Dyer noticed that the military in various countries, especially in the Pentagon, were beginning to take climate change and the idea that global warming could lead to wars, seriously.

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via blogSanity

TVOBigIdeas on May 10, 2013

Author, journalist and historian, Gwynne Dyer, delivers a lecture based on his book Climate Wars.

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Climate Wars

Gwynne Dyer
CBC Radio

Global warming is moving much more quickly than scientists thought it would. Even if the biggest current and prospective emitters – the United States, China and India – were to slam on the brakes today, the earth would continue to heat up for decades. At best, we may be able to slow things down and deal with the consequences, without social and political breakdown. Gwynne Dyer examines several radical short- and medium-term measures now being considered – all of them controversial.

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audio (must-listen) and more:  CBC Radio | Ideas | Features | Climate Wars.

h/t: greenman3610

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