This author is identified as a chairman of the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change. He is a military general (retired?) from Bangladesh, a country very much threatened by rising sea levels. Therefore, he writes much more candidly about the threats of global warming that I have ever seen from any official representing a national or international agency.
When I meet with my colleagues at the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change--generals and admirals from around the world, all with career-long experience in military planning and operations--I am struck by the similarity of our concerns. All countries of the world are experiencing changes that are destabilising communities and increasing security concerns. Diseases are spreading, wells are drying up, storms are smashing cities and destroying crops, and rain is either a distant memory or an acute danger.