Global Warming ‘Threat To Asia Pacific Security’
The Free Internet Press is reporting Global Warming ‘Threat To Asia Pacific Security’.
Rapid global warming poses a variety of security threats to the Asia Pacific region that have been “seriously underestimated,” according to a new study.
Rising sea levels, for example, could threaten heavily urbanized parts of Asia, such as China’s Yellow and Yangzi River deltas, and heavily populated low-lying countries such as Bangladesh, says the report by the Lowy Institute for International Policy titled “Heating up the Planet: Climate Change and Security.”
Warmer temperatures could see the greater spread of infectious diseases such as malaria and dengue fever, while extreme weather events could diminish food and clean water supplies.
Large, unregulated movements of people could put a heavy strain on the capacity of nations to cope, particularly if there are pre-existing ethnic and social tensions.
As usual there is much more detail in the full article. — DS
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