Thursday, June 21, 2007

Today's forecast - Heavy Wars

Oh dear ..... another frightening glimpse of the future?

The UN's top environment official is now predicting massive geo-political disasters caused by water shortage and migration wars in Africa and East Asia. Full story from The Independent.

"Climate change has become a major security issue that could lead to "a world going up in flames", the United Nations' top environment official has warned. From rising sea levels in the Indian Ocean to the increasing spread of desert in Africa's Sahel region, global warming will cause new wars across the world, said Achim Steiner, executive director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). "

It looks like our bet-hedging arms dealer (See Monday's blog - Arms dealing - the career of the future?) is possibly a very perceptive chappie indeed.

1 comment:

  1. Throw in the upsurge of religious fundamentalism (from the Bible belt to Beirut), and it's look like a remake is in order: 'The "Oh, Lord!" of War'

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