http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/10/terrorism-could-be-getting-boost-hidden-helper-climate-change
Recently, the Pentagon
released a disturbing report. Climate change, it warned, will
exacerbate problems like terrorism and disease outbreaks, drain military
resources, and create new enemies. The report said that the military's
basic operations—everything from training to its supply chains and
infrastructure—are now threatened by rising temperatures and shifting
weather patterns. It all points to one conclusion: Global warming is a
national security issue.
Now a new analysis, released Wednesday, is naming 32 countries in
which conflict and civil unrest could be worsened by the changing
climate. The findings are part of the seventh annual "Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas"
from Maplecroft—a firm that studies how vulnerable countries are to
various risks. It concludes that climate change is already impacting
"food production, poverty, migration and social stability—factors that
significantly increase the risk of conflicts and instability in fragile
and emerging states."
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