Will Global Warming Lead To War?

21 January 2004 - 12:00pm

The United Nations will study link between global warming and human conflict.

Pollution, droughts, floods, storms, desertification and rising sea levels are among possible triggers of wars in a world with more and more people competing for limited resources...global warming could in turn lead to instability by forcing people to move to other areas, causing conflict with people already living there.

Source: Common Dreams, January 13, 2004
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