by Nomad
Can we afford to ignore the growing impact of climate change on the stability of nations? Are we facing the potential of a global chaos that will make the French Revolution look like a playground squabble?
On the Brink
Scientists tell us that the world
stands on the brink of a radical shifting of the global climate patterns. From the data, we can at the very least assume,
the effects will be unpredictable and it is very likely that there will be more
losers than winners.
However, if you think that those
dire predictions lay in the distant future, you would be incorrect. A report
from the UN's climate science panel last year noted that climate change has
already cut into the global food
supply. What caught the attention of the government officials from 115
countries who reviewed the report was a blunt and categorical statement.
Climate
change, the report warned, could
threaten all aspects of global food security. At this time there was enough
evidence, the scientists said to say "for certain that climate change is
affecting food production on land and sea."
That is not based on
projections but effects found in real-time.
