WorldChanging: Abrupt Climate Change, the Pentagon, and The Day After Tomorrow
Doug Randall wrote (along his boss at Global Business Network, Peter Schwartz) what has come to be known as 'the Pentagon study' on abrupt climate change. Their…
“Doug Randall wrote (along his boss at Global Business Network, Peter Schwartz) what has come to be known as “the Pentagon study” on abrupt climate change. Their scenaric findings – that the gradual global warming we’re experiencing could plausibly trigger an abrupt climate snap, and that its effects would be massive, perhaps catastrophic, and of direct relevance to the national security of the United States – we’re picked up by media around the world, gathering a snowball of controversy and hype along the way. Their scenarios, freely available on the Web, were termed a “secret Pentagon report,” and their descriptions of possible climate catastrophe taken as bald prediction….”
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