–“Also in cases where the outcome to be predicted is a numerical value (e.g., a risk score), a prediction can be easily translated into a discrete scale (e.g., low – medium – high risk).”
TRUE AS FAR AS IT GOES, BUT NO ONE WHO RESPECTS COMPLEXITY WOULD MAKE A DECISION BASED ON ONE NUMBER ONLY.
–“The fundamental problem with making climate change a security issue is that it responds to a crisis caused by systemic injustice with ‘security’ solutions, hardwired in an ideology and institutions designed to seek control and continuity. At a time when limiting climate change and ensuring a just transition requires a radical redistribution of power and wealth, a security approach seeks to perpetuate the status quo.”
TRUE AS FAR AS IT GOES, BUT NO ONE SHOULD BELIEVE RADICAL REDISTRIBUTION WOULD “CONTROL” CLIMATE CHANGE BY OTHER MEANS.
–“Suspend and cancel debt payments when a climate extreme event takes place, so countries have the resources they need for emergency response and reconstruction without going into more debt.”
TRUE AS FAR AS IT GOES, BUT NO ONE CAN DEFINITIVELY SAY JUST WHAT SUCH AN EVENT IS TODAY.
–“The combined effect of these interventions is a precarious economic edifice built upon stagnant growth, sapped productivity and monopsony power, with consumption driven by high levels of household debt.”
TRUE AS FAR AS IT GOES, BUT NO ONE ARGUES AGAINST THE LATTER’S DECREASE IN CONSUMPTION INEQUALITY–OR DO THEY?
Sources.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00146-024-01886-3
https://www.tni.org/en/publication/primer-on-climate-security#4
https://climatenetwork.org/resource/debt-and-climate-crises/
https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii147/articles/cedric-durand-landscapes-of-capital
WHEN COMPLEX IS AS SIMPLE AS IT GETS 