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Climate changes may lead to violence, experts warn | National | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle

Global climate changes could lead to violenceExperts say it will accelerate the race for food, water
chron.com By SCOTT CANONMcClatchy-TribuneNov. 15, 2008, “…………………The Earth’s fast-changing climate has a range of serious thinkers — from military brass to geographers to diplomats — predicting a spate of armed conflicts driven by the weather…………………………We will pay for this one way or another,” wrote retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni, the former chief of the U.S. Central Command. “We will pay to reduce greenhouse gas emissions today, and we’ll have to take an economic hit of some kind. Or, we will pay the price later in military terms. And that will involve human lives. There will be a human toll.”…………………………”Governments that are already weak will be destabilized much more often and much more easily,” said Jay Gulledge, a senior scientist at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change……………………………….

Even efforts to mitigate global warming could prove dangerous.

Nuclear power …………….could mean the spread of doomsday technology to unstable parts of the world. Iran already is thought to be cloaking nuclear weapons ambitions inside “peaceful” nuclear facilities.

Climate changes may lead to violence, experts warn | National | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle

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November 17, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | weapons and war