The Role of Military in Climate

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The Role of Military in Climate

• Stephen O. Andersen K. Madhava Sarma
• Montreal Protocol Technology and Economic
  Assessment Panel
• Durwood Zaelke
• International Network for Environmental
  Compliance Enforcement
• 29 October 2009

IES - Climate Change Security at Copenhagen -
III Climate Change The Role of the
Military Washington, D.C., 29 October 2009
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Organizations of this WorkshopAre Beacons to
Copenhagen

• Honor to be Part of this Team
• Charting a New Course for Security
• Networked and Confident

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Climate Change Reality

• Faster than Predicted UK Met 4C Study
• Linear and Non-Linear
• Abrupt and Irreversible
• Tipping Points
• Committed Warming
• The Only Uncertainty When

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PNAS
Published online October 12, 2009,
doi10.1073/pnas.0902568106 www.pnas.org
Reducing Abrupt Climate Change Risk Using The
Montreal Protocol And Other Regulatory Actions
To Complement Cuts In CO2 Emissions
Mario Molina, Durwood Zaelke, K. Madhava Sarma,
Stephen O. Andersen, Veerabhadran Ramanathan and
Donald Kaniaru
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Molina, Zaelke, Andersen, et al. 2009

• 0.76 Realized
• 0.5 Lagged in oceans
• 1.1 Masked

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Molina, Zaelke, Andersen et al.National Academy
of Sciences

• Without Fast Action Impacts Are Certain
• Himalayas Arctic First to Go
• Need Fast Action, including non-CO2 50
• Black Carbon, HFCs, Tropospheric Ozone Methane
• 40 yr Delay
• Help Avert Disaster as CO2 Reductions Kick-in
• Military Organizations Key Part of the Solutions

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MP Best Climate Treaty
climate mitigation of HFCs ODSs
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171 Gt CO2e
195 Gt CO2e (net of 135) (11 Gt CO2e/yr.)
30-36 Gt CO2e
12-13 Gt CO2e
ODS Banks Developed Countries
ODS Banks Developing Countries
4-5 Gt CO2e
14 -18 Gt CO2e
HCFC Phase Out Developing Countries
1.5 Gt CO2e
1 Gt CO2e/yr
HFC Phase-out by 2050
Kyoto Protocol Objective 2008-2012
Current CDM Pipeline
HCFC Phase-out Banks
Montreal Protocol Mitigation 1990-2010
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Military Leadership inEnvironmental Protection

• National Vision Leadership
• Scientific Expeditions Data Collection
• Atmospheric Oceanographic Research
• Engineering Centers of Excellence
• Facilities, Operations, Green Procurement

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Committed Military Leadership

• Technology Leadership
• Stewardship and Destruction of Surplus ODSs,
  HFCs, SF6, and PFCs
• Military Tiger Teams confident decisive
• Energy Security
• Self-Sustaining Energy at the Battlefront
• Embrace Climate Global National Security
• Stop Climate Change, at all Costs

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THE IMPORTANCE OF MILITARY ORGANISATIONS TO
CLIMATE PROTECTION
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Contact Information

• Stephen O. Andersen
• SOliverAndersen_at_aol.com
• K. Madhava Sarma
• Sarma_Madhava_at_yahoo.com
• Durwood Zaelke
• Zaelke_at_INECE.org