Climate change is threat multiplier for instability globally
We have already seen a number of conflicts as a direct consequence of climate change and scarcity of resources - and we are likely to see more in the future if the issue remains unaddressed
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IN a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in February 2021, naturalist David Attenborough called climate change "the biggest threat to security that modern humans have ever faced".
Much of the debate surrounding climate change focuses on the devastating effect of the increase in carbon and greenhouse gas emissions, rising sea levels and temperatures, soil erosion, deforestation and the toxification of nature.
All are major threats to populations and the fight against poverty around the world, leading to a potentially devastating and lasting effect for life on planet Earth.
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