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Climate change could ignite wars in volatile regions | The Economist

Posted by Matt in July 13th, 2009

Indeed, two recent reports from the Centre for Naval Analysis, an American military-research institute, suggest that border-related conflicts are a growing threat. In its report on “National Security and the Threat of Climate Change”, published in 2007, it warns that “Climate change can act as a threat multiplier for instability in some of the most volatile regions of the world.”

Nowhere is this truer than along the disputed sections of India’s border with Pakistan and China.

Green.view: Lines in the sand | The Economist

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