Wars across the world will be caused by global warming, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett warned yesterday.
Iranian naval patrols Drought, floods and rising sea levels pose a major security risk and businesses must come together to try to find a way to combat the threat, she told a UN meeting. In developing countries climate change could "make it more difficult for them to secure the energy they need to power their homes and their businesses. They might decide to go out and take what they need for themselves. The resources available to us are already stretched and under immense and growing strain. An unstable climate threatens to exacerbate all these existing tensions."
Meanwhile, in a presentation to the Security Council, Britain warned the potential for instability and conflict would be increased as a result of migration by up to 200 million people. |