Promoting the development of liberal, democratic, and market-economic institutions in Africa would create a wealthy society, and wealthy societies are known to be naturally resilient to environmental variability and disasters of all sorts.

The University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit's e-mail account was hacked earlier this month, exposing communications among CRU faculty members and researchers that reveal their willingness to distort climate-change data.

The Climategate scandal erodes the credibility of both the scientists involved and the institution of scientific research.

It is time policymakers recognize that despite the claims of renewable energy and efficiency hucksters, we do not have the technologies needed to significantly curb greenhouse gas emissions without causing massive economic disruption.

How can we best build U.S. resilience to the impact of global warming?

To build resilience to the impact of global warming, the United States should incorporate an adaptation agenda as well as advance technologies that allow the removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

Climate science acts as a fire alarm (to alert us to any potential climatic dangers), but it's the capitalist system that is the real insurance policy.

Robert D. Kaplan relates stories from soldiers on missions in the Middle East and in the wake of domestic hurricanes.