«Our findings suggest that Australians feel the threat to their local region and nation more intensely and that's not surprising given the nature, intensity, and
dramatic impacts of natural disaster events in the past few years,» he said.
For example, the area
of climate change has a
dramatic impact on national security: rising sea levels, to severe droughts, to the melting
of the polar caps, to more frequent and devastating
natural disasters all raise demand for humanitarian assistance and
disaster relief.