War and Climate

ABSTRACT CLIMATE CHANGE is a serious threat to global security, the entire humanity had to quickly seek to resolve this problem by promoting a fair consensus, but notwithstanding the intensity of this global climate crisis, some states in the world still fi against the severity of the situation and continue to be at the origin of safe disorders (wars) and other forms of aggression for others, transferring to manipulations, giving life to disturbances that make the process of combating this devastating scourge. The whole world is at war against global warming, promoting the multiplication of other wars in the presence of the latter, very fatal (universally known) continually plunges the planet into a total chao. Keywords: war, climate

The elucidation of the impacts of global global warming is made by several means that can facilitate the awareness and commitment of all. Violent conflicts that sow divisions, disputes, between different communities, also lead to mass migration; thus delay the process of combating our common enemy. The current critical state of the planet requires collective and above all sincere work, also to foster the eradication of all kinds of violence and conventionally reduce human activities of direct impact on the environment when: they produce discharges (emission of pollutants, wastewater, waste production etc.) Modify the soil and habitat; making the resources disappear … beyond awareness. The dysfunctions that arise in the human lifestyle, the ecological, economic, social and political upheavals sow instability and require the implementation of the brave actions that concern us all. We accurately express the hypothesis that the war is also a factor sowing perpetual dysfunctions in the daily life of the population, its presence generates frustrations, stress, sorrows, economic crisis, moral, sanitary etc, degrades the Moral union of the populations and gives rise to a paralysis of several activities, among them, those which consist of combating global warming. The objective pursued in the study is to bring states to sincerely aware of the extent of the problem and collectively adopt ecological policies for climate.

These armed struggles and other forms of violence between states generated mainly by diplomatic crises, the low growth rate of GDP, the illegal conquests of land, external instrumentalisations, excessive desire for natural resources, demographic problems etc, make undergo to the people and the environment their consequences and interrupt the collective efforts by degrading the moral union of the population; And yet, climate change now affect each country and each continent. They disrupt national economies and impact lives. For the moment the repercussions are great for many people, communities and countries and will be even more over time. Whole populations already suffer the important impacts of climate change, including unpredictable weather variations, rising water levels and more and more extreme climatic phenomena. Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities, which are at the origin of climate change are constantly increasing and currently reaching their highest historical level. Without unity, cohesion, peaceful cohabitation, equitable consensus and sincere actions on our part, the average temperature on the surface of the planet should exceed 3ᵒc in this century, some parts of the world could even warm up more. In addition, the poorest and most vulnerable people are and will be the most affected. The pace of climate change is accelerating while some states are gradually turning to renewable energies and a series of other measures to reduce emissions and increases adaptation efforts.

As we pointed out, the war is a factor delaying the processes of combating global warming. The fact of disorienting his thoughts and centered on continual violence and any other action delaying the fight against this scourge had to be taken for the moment as a serious offense … and strictly punished. In December 2015, at COP21 in Paris; Countries have adopted the Paris Agreement to cope with climate change (offering an opportunity for each country to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change). In the latter, all countries have agreed to work to limit the increase in global temperature below 2ᵒc and given the severity of risks, efforts to reach up to 1.5ᵒc. The strict and sincere enforcement of this agreement is very important for achieving sustainable development goals and includes a roadmap for climate actions. The products of the parties’ conferences (COP) and constantly mitigating and adaptation policies are currently shaken by disorders, violence, wars and other tragic situations that arise daily around the world. While development is a long process, the blue planet becomes a world of conflicts and silent crimes, security issues have become a priority, instead of those concerning the climate. Currently insecurity takes multiple forms, the most extreme of which are armed conflict and wars. The blue planet has become a world where the number of victim because of armed conflict and wars is considerable, this logic is reflected in particular by wars, conflicts and altercations currently opposing:

Russia to Ukraine
The countries of the Sahel region to jihadist Salafist groups related to Al-Qaeda; Mali Niger Mauritania Burkina-Faso and Chad These disastrous conflicts also identify the surrounding countries including: Lybie Nigeria Cameroon The Ivory Coast Togo and Benin The Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighbors in the East Party (mainly Rwanda and Uganda) Israel at the Jihad Islamic organization (Israelic Conflict Palestinian), Armenia to Azerbaijan Ethiopia for separatists Tigaral the South Sudanese civil war The xenophobic violence in South Africa Somali civil war

Several other parts of the globe are engulfed by disorders, although for the moment some are like larvated conflicts that seem to lose momentarily velocity, their intensities remain always tendentious; In particular, in Yemen, Lebanon, Mozambique, North Sudan, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Haiti, syria etc … (Without putting the current ticking between China and Taiwan)

Violence and wars are not just a tragedy for people who are struggling for their survival but also for the environment. Different clashes and or bombings have dramatic consequences for soil preservation, water, public health, and explosive remains can affect wildlife, they cause damage to the natural systems on which populations depend. What is unfavorable is that the ecological impact of conflict reminds us that even when wars have ceased, their effects will continue to be felt for generations. The release of gas or toxic liquids, and particles of heavy metals, soot, methane, CO2, solvent at ammonia; which cause air pollution and potentially severe contamination of groundwater and surface water without counting industrial and agricultural sites. The wars and armed conflicts contribute to climate change by polluting the environment and especially when they arise in industrialized, nuclear, petroleum locations and other sites that may have harmful climate consequences, including the rejection of large volumes of Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Strikes; whether nuclear or not, considerably increase the risks of ecological, sanitary and industrial disasters, through the disappearance of ecosystems, fertile soils and livelihoods, (pollution of war weapons and Military waste such as abandoned vehicles constituting a major cleaning challenge for its part.

Countries at war or crossing conflict situations are disproportionately confronted with climate variability due to the weakening of their conflict adaptability (concerted adaptation efforts tend to be limited in time of war. In A situation of conflict, authorities and institutions are not only weakened but also concerned with security priorities) These countries are not fully capable of dealing with climate change. Individuals living in areas of conflict are therefore among the most vulnerable to the climate crisis and the climate action.

If the phenomena of climate change do not mechanically reinforce conflicts, they have the effect of amplifying risks. They act indirectly on migratory behaviors. To prevent further the consequences of this scourge; The defense sector is also part of the solution. Armies should not only reduce their carbon footprint, they must also adapt to a situation that affects their missions and capabilities to engage, in a climate safety policy. It is also very important to collectively building a peaceful world by sharing the responsibility of building a future based on equity, security and human well-being. It is therefore not reasonable to think that there will be regions saved by climate change even though we have indicated that the most affected will be developing and conflicting countries following their lower resistance thresholds to a given disruption. The current look guaranteed that over time we will all be tied. Global warming should be strictly addressed in a very considerable challenge, the multiplication of each State’s efforts to conserve the nature and reduction of environmental pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity will contribute to the fight. Against global warming and also promote sustainable development.

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