Climate migration fuels conflicts in Bay of Bengal region
Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Military and civil conflicts could intensify along the Bay of Bengal coastline, fuelled by climate change-linked migration, land loss and displacement, researchers say. The area is seeing frequent extreme weather, which combined with its strategic, social and economic fault-lines, makes it “fertile ground” for social friction and violence, they warned. Rohingya […]
Climate change an ‘imminent’ security threat, risk experts say
The Hague, The NetherlandsThomson Reuters Foundation Climate change threats – from worsening water shortages in Iraq and Pakistan to harsher hurricanes in the Caribbean – are a growing security risk and require concerted action to ensure they don’t spark new violence, security experts warned Tuesday. “Climate change is not about something in the far and […]