Defence predict climate induced conflict in the Pacific

The Sydney Morning Herald

According to an analysis prepared by the Defence Force’s strategic policy division, “environmental stress” across the Pacific,  caused by global warming induced rising sea levels, will increase the risk of conflict over food due to changed fishing and harvest patterns. This will subseqently require extra naval deployments to deal with increases in illegal migration and fishing.

Further, greater access to oil and gas deposits created by melting ice-caps is expected to spark serious global conflict.

This warning comes as James Hanson,  a leading NASA scientist singled out Australia’s coal exports as a significant cause of global climate change in an open letter to Obama.

posted by megan on January 7, 2009 at 4:29 pm · filed under