2007Apr16: According to the “National Security and the Threat of Climate Change” study, global warming will become a “threat multiplier for instability” and push failing states over the edge. Climate change threats include the reduced access to fresh water, diminished food production, spreading diseases, erosion of coasts and increasing flooding, and displacing of millions (US Senate Testimony).
Reference: US Senate Testimony. http://www.senate.gov/~foreign/hearings/2007/hrg070509a.html
Image Description: A queue for water in a camp for internally displaced persons, Labuje IDP camp in northern Uganda. The photo was taken by K. Stefanova. Image Location: Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Labuje_IDP_camp%2C_Uganda_water.jpg Image Permission: This image is a work of a United States Agency for International Development employee, taken or made during the course of the person’s official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
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This post is tagged 2000s Climate Change Events, 21st Century and Climate Change, Climate Change Effects, Coastal Areas and Climate Change, Coastal Erosion, Coastal Flooding, Displacement, Flooding, Food Supply and Climate Change, Human Migration and Climate Change, Migration and Climate Change, Spread of Disease, Water Stress
