Climate Change is a national security issue. We found that climate instability will lead to instability in geopolitics and impact American military operations around the world. People are saying they want to be perfectly convinced about climate science projections. But speaking as a soldier, we never have 100 percent certainty. If you wait until you have 100 percent certainty, something bad is going to happen on the battlefield.
Interpretation
Climate change poses significant risks to national security and military operations due to its potential to create geopolitical instability.
The quote emphasizes the connection between climate change and national security, asserting that the unpredictability of climate-related events can have far-reaching consequences on global stability and military readiness. It argues that seeking absolute certainty before taking action is impractical and could lead to dire outcomes, drawing a parallel to the realities faced by soldiers in uncertain situations.
In practice
During a climate symposium to highlight the importance of addressing environmental issues.
Does anyone believe that the difference between the Lebesgue and Riemann integrals can have physical significance, and that whether say, an airplane would or would not fly could depend on this difference? If such were claimed, I should not care to fly in that plane.
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Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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If penicillin had been judged by its toxicity to guinea pigs, it might never have been used by man.
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