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You're a moron if you think a pendrive is a suitable backup device. It'd have cost you a single Google search and 5 minutes to source a more appropriate medium.

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Attack My Abode!

My question is, why's this an AMA?

I had it on a usb and dropbox(obv the screenshot isn't my exploded laptop)

So you had OneDrive setup and syncing - and you managed to loose that too?

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Can confirm. That was me in my film exams.

Hi both :)

I’m wondering if you’ve had any psychotherapy sessions with patients who have psychotic illnesses, such as schizophrenia , as a treatment in addition to the medication they are taking. If so, is this something you have found has helped them , and if not , why are you not seeing such patients ?

Many thanks ☺️

Regarding your own engagement: There's no right or wrong way of course, but it should be all about reducing emissions. Not just on an individual level, but - much more important - on a big scale. I think it's always helpful to ask yourself in which area you could generate the biggest impact and put pressure on climate action: Your school, university, workplace or local politics could be good places to start. It might feel like it's not enough, but just imagine each company, school, organization and town would have someone taking care for them becoming climate neutral...

Very interesting. Which countries/regions do you think are better prepared to handle and mitigate any upcoming climate-driven crises, if they happen? I don't want to sound selfish, but I'd like to plan for my future and prepare for any potential issues beforehand. Thanks!

Thats a really good question, thank you. I agree re Syria and have written on this also. It is a good example of how climate change acts as a 'threat multiplier'. In regards to selecting Himalaya / South Asia region. We felt that this was a region where the story was not told. It is particularly relevant given that the weight of history - if I can put it that way - is shifting to this region. India, Pakistan, China, and so on. All major players where climate change will impact. We want to tease this story out more from a security perspective. But, certainly, to your point, the Middle East is critical also. Maybe if the funding arises we can cover this also.

Thanks for the question. As saying goes, we are champions of our own destiny. So, in many respects, the answer to your first question is 'no'. They are not fait accompli - we have the ability to shape our own future. To avoid the climate stresses, first priority is decarbonisation of the global economy. This is happening, but the rate of change is slow. The basic equation is that a reduction in global emissions reduces the threat posed by climate change. So, that is key.

Well, I have the feeling that the view about which role the military plays in the context of climate crisis has changed a lot within the last years. A lot of climate and security organizations have been founded, many of them run bei retired militaries. I'd say that they are aware that the military can't be the "solution", but they have realized that their work will be highly affected by the consequences of climate change. We might need them for more disaster relief operations or when tensions and conflicts are increasing. Speaking of that, some think that militaries are a good "alarm bell" to warn about climate crisis, making those listen that actually wouldn't get interested in climate change. Others think that it's getting dangerous when the impression is created that we can solve problems just by raising our defence budgets...
This leads to your second question: As the military can't be the solution, we need any other part of society to fight for stopping our emissions. All the organizations that you're mentioning - political actors, activists, economists, teachers, young and old people, etc. etc. can and will play an important role if we want to stop our planet from heating up.

You are correct in what you write; oceans are absorbing majority of heat from a warming planet. This is having all sorts of impacts on marine ecosystems (infact, this aspect is really one of the forgotten areas of climate change, somewhat 'out of sight, out of mind'). To your point, a warming ocean will impact submarine operations - that is a dimension that this film would explore, particularly in the Arctic. Interestingly, one security expert we spoke with mentioned that the melting Arctic and break up of surface ice is impacting operations right now (whereas once they could use the 'cover of ice', this is no longer feasible).

In regards to expanding thermal ocean. This is one of the contributions to sea level rise. It is especially pronounced in the tropics for obvious reasons. From memory - and I would need to fact check - but it contributes something like 20% of sea level rise (or something like that). The majority, of course, being from melt-water of glaciers / ice and so on. All told, rising sea levels are a major global challenge. this includes militaries that have vast infrastructure and other bases that will be (and are being) impacted by sea level rise.

Hi thanks for your message. I hope that if more people begin to see what the consequences of Climate change is doing to our security, that might get more people involved in the subject and possible put pressure on our elected representatives or join NGO's who are dealing with this subject . I think everyday we see new signs that Climate change and security issues are related and it's being increasingly talked about.

Best J

>dmiral, sounded one of the major early warnings with a long list of future strategic risks related to the changes they recognized happening, based on the Ocean temperature trends the navy had recorded. Can you confirm this any part of this account of early recognition of climate change as a threat stimulus?

Thanks for the question min0nim. I agree, much of the focus has been on impacts across the northern hemisphere. Age of Consequences in this genre is also an example, documentary wise. And, on your point, I too have read Gwynn Dyer's book. In regards to Australia, lets take some top line impacts: (1) water security. It may not seem like it now, but signficant drying out (decades scales) across South East and West since the 1970s. Many cities are moving to desalination ("manufactured" water) but you cannot do desal across the food bowl of the Murray Darling basin! 2) Extreme weather - fires, floods, drought. Take your pick here. 2019/20 bushfires were just devastating to communities, wildlife, infrastructure and so on. A sign of things to come right there. 3) Broader and wider impacts on large scale systems like Great Barrier Reef (coral bleaching events and so on), kelp-forest 'kills', migration of fish (and other) species. These have both economic, but also cultural impacts. 4) Critical infrastructure and resilience. As stresses increase, the capacity for communities to cope is really challenges (as is the ability for governments to respond).

Health considerations are definitely an impact. I live in Australia and during the 2019/20 bushfires the ash cloud was enormous and hung over South East Australia for 5 days. In 2009, the bushfires directly killed around 200 people. Three times as many, however, died as a result of respiratory health related issues. So, indeed, health is a real consequence of a warming climate.

Thanks for the answer. It does feel like there are so many variables in play - and coming into play - that it's really difficult to make any kind of predictions. So if I can follow up - how do you work? What sources do you build your thinking on?

Hi John, thanks for your question. We are currently investigating the themes of our film and one of the strands we working on is how can we stop this from happening. There are organisations out there that are working on this issue. The "doom scenario" as you rightly point out, is something we want to avoid in the film. Michael is will take us to these places and offer us hope how we can get out of it . Again thanks for your comment . Best J

That is a really good question. Another angle to this question is to also ask: are their / will their be any "winners" from a changing climate (that is, does a once unproductive area or region become fertile for agricultural or other purposes?). To your question: climate change is a global phenomena so in many respects the environmental impacts are ubiquitous - it does not discriminate with borders etc. This said, some nations are more wealthy, live in more stable geopolitical regions, and are not as climatically vulnerable. Globally, I cannot think of too many 'regions' as being unaffected. However, there are some countries that are better positioned (in the short term) to adapt (example I might include are: New Zealand, possibly southern areas of South America, smaller wealthy countries (Brunei) ... but these are selective and have their own challenges).

It does feel like a lot of people think that the military are the solution, but what do you mean by alliances? Like political or organisations or grassroot or what? And where can I join?