Archive for March 17th, 2007
Abrupt Environmental Change Sparks Violent Conflicts
Thirstier World Likely to See More Violence
By Stephen Leahy
Mar 16 (IPS) – A strong link between droughts and violent civil conflicts in the developing world bodes ill for an increasingly thirsty world, say scientists, who warn that drought-related conflicts are expected to multiply with advancing climate change.
“Severe, prolonged droughts are the strongest indicator of high-intensity conflicts,” said Marc Levy of the Centre for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia University’s Earth Institute in New York.
Four Years of War in Iraq Wrecks Environment
Paraphrase for the Day II:
Iraq’s environment is a mess. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are open sewers. But the environment isn’t an important issue when you might get a bullet in the head stepping outside your door.
– Azzam Alwash, CEO Nature Iraq a conservation NGO in Baghdad.
Story to be published shortly.
Justifiable Rage Over Global Warming
Paraphrase of the Day:
Around the world there is growing anger that while the rich are the cause of global warming it is the poor who will suffer the most.
— Satish Kumar, director of programmes at Schumacher College International Centre for Ecological Studies in Britain.
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