teleSUR — Climate Change Poses 'Enormous' Security Threat

Climate change is a global threat to security in the 21st century, according to a new report commissioned by the G-7. 

Climate change presents “security risks (that) are potentially enormous,” Dan Smith, secretary general of International Alert warned Tuesday. Smith is the author of a new G-7 report, “A new climate for peace.” 

The study says climate change poses such a significant threat to global security that world leaders should make it a core part of their foreign policy agendas....

In the agreement, the G-7 leaders supported a reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions within a range recommended by the United Nations climate change panel, and backed a global target for limiting the rise in average global temperatures to 2 degrees Celsius (36 Fahrenheit) compared with pre-industrial levels. 

However, scientists warn that the world is currently heading for a catastrophic 5 degrees Celsius of warming.

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Climate Change Poses 'Enormous' Security Threat