OPINION: Climate Isn't A Distraction From Australia Military's Job of War Fighting. It's Front And Centre

25 Apr 2023 | Abstracted from The Conversation

"...the strategic review of Australia's military released yesterday...devotes just over one of its 100 pages to what climate change means for defence...the Australian review focused more on climate change as a potential distraction from the military's core business of war fighting...This focus is too narrow.

"Climate change could make armed conflict more likely by acting as a "threat multiplier."

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