About the Most Far Fetched and Misguided Association I've Ever Read
The events mentioned are weather events. They are typical occurrences and characteristic to certain areas around the globe. They have created disasters when people accept the risk when they are located within the hazardous areas. Address the logic of that and ask why do people put themselves into harms way? Slowing the effects of climate change though? Ludicrous.
The way that this article is written makes it appear that climate is static and any aberration is from nice and clear is the dramatic effects of the dreaded climate change. Really now.
Anyway, the connections that you are looking for concern the concepts of population growth rate, cultural behaviors, resource consumption, land use, carrying capacity, education, technology, lifestyle, and demographic change. For the large part, these are social matters. But relating them to the current climate change debate when the natural hazards are as real as they have been for ages? Maybe you're brainstorming and begging for discussion but doesn't SmartPlanet require articles to have some polish before publishing? C'mon now don't risk your credibility like this.
The way the article is presented makes it appear that any social or environmental concern may be tossed into a bowl and mixed to become part of a climate change salad.
