The Peter Zeihan Podcast Series The Geopolitics of Climate Change || Peter Zeihan
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Jan 30, 2025 Explore the intriguing connections between climate change and geopolitics. Discover how Arctic shipping routes are evolving due to melting glaciers. Learn about the implications of resource exploitation in these changing landscapes. It also highlights the agricultural challenges posed to wheat production. The discussion reveals the long-term impacts of these shifts, making for a thought-provoking examination of our future.
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Mineral Accessibility in the Arctic
- Accessing minerals in Northern Canada and Greenland won't be easy.
- Climate change effects will take centuries, not decades, and current technology is inadequate.
Arctic Shipping Routes: A Distant Prospect
- Arctic shipping routes are not viable in the short or medium term.
- The Arctic's conditions, Russian territorial control, and China's demographic decline pose challenges.
Agriculture's Vulnerability to Climate Change
- Climate change will impact agriculture more immediately than shipping or mining.
- Wheat production, heavily reliant on globalized systems, is particularly vulnerable to disruption.