Climate change is a security issue.

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On the point: Countries are not treating climate change as a security issue

Just because countries deny that it is a security issue does not mean that it is not, they have simply not caught up to the curve.

LumumbaStanislas Dia-Ping of Sudan asked of the US; "You approve billions of dollars in defence budgets. Can't you approve 200 billion dollars to save the world?" If it really was a security issue this sort of funding would not be a problem, the US funds wars on terror and drugs but wont fund a war on climate change. There are many other countries who act similarly and dont treat climate change as a security issue, security issues are acted upon, it is obvious that most countries are not really acting on climate change.

Yes, because...

 

No, because... Countries are not treating climate change as a security issue

Just because countries deny that it is a security issue does not mean that it is not, they have simply not caught up to the curve.

 

LumumbaStanislas Dia-Ping of Sudan asked of the US; "You approve billions of dollars in defence budgets. Can't you approve 200 billion dollars to save the world?" If it really was a security issue this sort of funding would not be a problem, the US funds wars on terror and drugs but wont fund a war on climate change. There are many other countries who act similarly and dont treat climate change as a security issue, security issues are acted upon, it is obvious that most countries are not really acting on climate change.