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| Pakistan prone to political instability due to climate change: report |
| 2015-06-25 |
| [DAWN] LONDON: Politically fragile countries including Pakistain and India face breakdown as a result of mounting climate change pressures, and even stable ones may find coming shocks too big to manage peacefully, security and development experts warned. But work now to protect food security, reshape water sharing agreements and cut risks from worsening weather disasters could play a huge role in reducing future conflict and instability, they said in a report commissioned by G7 governments. Both at-risk and stable countries would benefit, as they attempt to deal with problems such as uncontrolled migration, rising emergency relief bills, and demands for military assistance in conflict zones, the report said. "The scale of security risks we're talking about is potentially enormous," said Dan Smith, a co-author of the report and head of International Alert, a UK-based peacebuilding organization. The report termed climate change "the ultimate threat multiplier", and said it should be a top foreign policy priority for the Group of Seven major industrialised democracies. As food and water security worsen in many fragile parts of the world, "you can see the climate thread" in social upheaval from Egypt's revolution in 2011 to the rise of Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... in Nigeria, Smith said at a discussion on the report at Britannia's Foreign and Commonwealth Office this week. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Except in Britain. If the Ice Age starts in Britain, will it spread to the rest of the world? Hey, maybe they can saw off chunks and ship them to Pakistain! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-06-25 22:06 |
| #3 Damn. Crazy sure does come in waves. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2015-06-25 17:16 |
| #2 It had to be said - Climate change is more dangerous than wars, and certainly more dangerous than potential wars - like Iran's nuclear war. Because the science is settled. Except in Britain. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2015-06-25 13:40 |
| #1 The first half of the title statement is irrefutable. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-06-25 07:47 |