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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has blamed climate change as one of the reasons for the country's ongoing food crisis and cataclysmic floods that have battered its northeast regions.
He called on his officials to enact an "urgent" response to the slew of disasters his regime is facing at a politburo meeting, according to state media KCNA on Thursday.
Kim stressed the need to improve North Korea's land management after floods destroyed bridges and homes on the country's east coast last month.
The "danger" of an "abnormal climate," he said, has risen in the last few years. Kim added that he wants officials to begin an "active and ambitious plan" to improve rivers, manage erosion control, maintain dykes, and start tide embankment projects as part of the country's regular Five-Year Plan.
He added that "disastrous weather is getting ever more pronounced worldwide" and that North Korea will be vulnerable to the change, per KCNA.
https://news.yahoo.com/kim-jong-un-says-climate-081219726.html
When North Korea is more sane the QOP
rickford66
(5,528 posts)Backseat Driver
(4,394 posts)Now where did I hear that??? Oh yeah, from the "cold, dead" hand, empty chair actor, Moses.
Silent3
(15,259 posts)"cold, dead" hand, Moses -> Heston
empty chair actor -> Eastwood
Unless there's some empty chair reference to Heston of which I am unaware.
2naSalit
(86,767 posts)They could have aid. Their problem is of his and his father's making as well as the rest of the polluting humans. At least he's thinking about it.
wyn borkins
(1,109 posts)Why doesn't he just nuke the weather into proper behavior, like his former lover suggested?
Crunchy Frog
(26,626 posts)Klaralven
(7,510 posts)Since they strive for total independence from the global economy, the cannot trade for food from the countries that produce a surplus or benefit from international food aid programs.
https://www.indexmundi.com/blog/index.php/2013/02/19/food-exports-and-imports-worldwide/
marble falls
(57,172 posts)... contributes less to global warming than 90% of the rest of the planet.
jmbar2
(4,905 posts)Which is a major polluter.
Hope it makes them think twice about nuking other countries. The environmental blowback would be catastrophic.
marble falls
(57,172 posts)Shermann
(7,428 posts)NK has no oil industry, so they have no profit motive to embracing climate denialism.
This gives KJU a bogeyman to blame his country's problems on. The fact that there is likely a kernel of truth to it makes it easy to sell. The fact that this bogeyman can be associated strongly with the United States makes it even better.
OneCrazyDiamond
(2,032 posts)I didn't think of that. It is still good global warming is being taught in NK. The more who believe in the science the better. More places need an environmental movement.
gulliver
(13,186 posts)louis-t
(23,297 posts)You'd think he could figure out how to feed his country.
RainCaster
(10,912 posts)Asking for a friend.
Shermann
(7,428 posts)louis-t
(23,297 posts)hatrack
(59,592 posts)Well, good luck with that.