Climate lessons from the past..

I intend to blog about this in a series of posts about what past climate change could tell us about what might happen to people in the future. This includes people in MEDCs and LEDCs.



Unseen Sahara - Libya's remote Fezzan Region



http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/10/fezzan/steinmetz-photography - the link below takes you to a slideshow which describes how the Fezzan region in Libya has changed.



The images tell an important story about how when climate changes, areas become unliveable for the human race. Between 10,000-2,000 years ago the climate change documented was naturally driven but as a human race we should take note of how climate change has affected human beings in the past. This is especially true of areas considered to be fragile environments like the Fezzan region in Libya as these are areas that are likely to effected first by climate change. Other fragile environments include Alpine areas in the Alps, the low-lying delta country of Bangladesh and areas such as the Arctic. With as many as 800 million people expected to become climate change refugees maybe now is time to act!!



Next week: what the fall of Angkor can tell us.



Mr. Still