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Gwynne Dyer -- Geopolitics in a Hotter World

The University of British Columbia · 82.3K views · 2010-09-23 · 1:31:53

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Overview

Historian and journalist Gwynne Dyer gives a long UBC talk on how climate change will reshape international politics. He covers food, borders, refugees and the possibility of unilateral geoengineering by affected nations.

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HN recommends it as a sobering, still-relevant look at the geopolitical consequences of warming, including why official reports lag the data.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 7 months · HN mentions 2018–2023

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What people said

artur_makly · 2018-10 · Strong recommendation

Oh but this gets better! This is a great dissertation on how the GeoPolitics will play this little game out: [VIDEO] - by Gwynne Dyer

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carapace · 2022-05 · Recommendation

I've mentioned it on HN before, so apologies if you've already seen it, but there's a fascinating talk by one Dr. Gwynne Dyer: "Geopolitics in a Hotter World" (Sept. 2010) video: [VIDEO] Transcription: [LINK] > I talked–actually, the head of the Bangladesh Institute of Strategic Studies about this (you didn’t even know that existed, did you?). Well, there is one, it’s quite serious–run by a General, bright guy. I said, “have you heard about geoengineering?” and he smiled–seraphically–and he said, “Mmm. Yes. Your question?” > And I asked the question, “Do you think that this is something the Bangladesh government might want to do a little bit, before, let’s say, the US government or the Chinese government?” > He said, “yes it has crossed our minds.”–and then he stopped talking.

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carapace · 2021-10 · Recommendation

There's a fascinating talk from about eleven years ago: Dr. Gwynne Dyer – Geopolitics in a Hotter World – UBC Talk Transcribed (Sept. 2010) [LINK] video: [VIDEO] Among other things he talks about is the possibility of unilateral geoengineering by some of the nations that will be feeling the effects sooner and more, uh, compellingly than others: > I talked–actually, the head of the Bangladesh Institute of Strategic Studies about this (you didn’t even know that existed, did you?). Well, there is one, it’s quite serious–run by a General, bright guy. I said, “have you heard about geoengineering?” and he smiled–seraphically–and he said, “Mmm. Yes. Your question?” > And I asked the question, “Do you think that this is something the Bangladesh government might want to do a little bit, before, let’s say, the US government or the Chinese government?” > He said, “yes it has crossed our minds.”–and then he stopped talking.

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