Climate Change and Threats To Global Security

Christine Milne made the claim that ; "Climate Change is the greatest threat to global security facing us all." I suspect this is political trolling .

It worked, the ABC was trolled , and I am sure some of the RWDB will froth at the mouth, ranting and raving against "THE LEFT" on that particular line.

However, Milne does not back up that troll with anything of substance relating to why it is a global security threat, and why it is the most important security threat facing the planet.

From her speech, immediately after the global security line;

The world's climate is already changing with permafrost melting, wild storms and hurricanes ravaging our coasts, sea levels rising, droughts and fires intensifying, the ice caps retreating and people having to leave their homes as environmental refugees.

Our children and grandchildren can expect to grow up in a world without polar bears, or pygmy possums unless drastic action is taken now.

We have started to see the first of the environmental refugees , I have to assume that Milne means the refugee issue will become so big, and over-riding that it will become a global security issue? I still don't see how this can be a global security issue, it could be destabilising if on a large enough scale? Maybe she means terrorists will come in with the refugees? Maybe she means the competition for resources will lead to war.

I think she is just trolling. I suspect, like the ABC, IHBT.
Scrymarch: Resource contention, infrastructure, etc: She\'s probably referring to scenarios like the one the Pentagon outlined a few years ago .

Its indicative that she considered a bare assertion sufficient though.  It makes it just another sermon choir instead of a more serious attempt to communicate.
cam: Why not say "facing humankind": or the worlds use of resources etc etc. Security and Terrorism are the two media words of the moment. I suspect she said it to get into the news, and the news bit. That was what the ABC headline had. Unless it is extreme, it doesnt appear to get in. - the coulterisation of the media? Then again they were probably always like that.

cam
cam: This might be a rhetorical attempt: to have the \"national security state\" include climate change in the defence and strategy papers alongside terrorism, piracy and refugees. Since the state is taking responsibility for anything to be in the domain of \"security\", especially in areas the state wasnt allowed to operate in before (such as detention without due process) this could be a way of Milne claiming it is a state responsibility.

cam
avocadia: Trolling?:

Trolling as a term is a tad subjective. You could probably make a pretty good argument for the notion that almost all statements made by politicians or parties that aren\'t actual policy are trolls of some degree. Wedge politics, say the gay marriage ban for example, is kind of trolly. If you believe his book, Mark Latham was the World Champion of Trolling, specifically setting out to see how far he could go.

I would rather set my cynicism aside for a moment though. I personally don\'t believe that the terrorism threat is as dire as it is painted by the Government and the Opposition. Odds are that Christine Milne doesn\'t believe it is either, and it is a no bet that she believes enviromental catastrophe is right around the corner. Can you be a troll if you really do believe in your controversial statements?
cam: That statement was thrown out as bait: for the media. It is an extreme sentence which fits inthe current \"fear\" environment for security. The ABC bit. Do you reckon this \"war on christmas\" business is Fox trolling?

cam
avocadia: Set my watch by it:

\"war on christmas\" business is Fox trolling?

Depends on how pure you are about the definition of trolling. Probably. On the other hand, I was checking a calendar last week, wondering why I hadn;t heard about attacks on christmas yet, it seemed late. Can it be considered a troll when it has become boring predictable? :- )

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