Cooking for the planet
The further rise in the Earth's temperature - and how it materialises - will severely impact on food. NATO Review asks experts how food and water supplies will evolve and if current approaches are enough.
Dying to eat
What could food shortages mean for security? How would they affect the role of the military? And which areas are most under threat? A look at how food, climate and security may overlap.
Optimism - or realism?
Are there any realistic solutions to the climate/food threat? Is there enough time to avoid its worst consequences? And what are the possible answers being considered?
Uniforms are getting greener
Green issues are no longer the preserve of hippies and tree huggers. The military knows just how important they are. The BBC's environment correspondent, David Shukman, recounts how climate has become part of defence planning.
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February 1, 2011
Michael Schuster, University of Vienna, Silver Contributor (69)
I am surprised that NATO is concerned about food security. It seems to be more a global humanitarian than Atlantic security issue. Perhaps not considering that this "perfect storm" has already hit North Africa.
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in Telegraph: "Egypt and Tunisia usher in the new era of global food revolutions.
Political risk has returned with a vengeance. The first food revolutions of our Malthusian era have exposed the weak grip of authoritarian regimes in poor countries that import grain, whether in North Africa today or parts of Asia tomorrow." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/8...