OPINION: U.S. Climate Funds Increase, Future Levels in Doubt

“The world’s nations will gather in Copenhagen, Denmark, this December to negotiate a landmark agreement to prevent full-blown climate change. If they fail, large landmasses around the world will be vulnerable to weather extremes, droughts, flooding, food insecurity, spreading disease vectors, and sea-level rise. The U.S. military, among others, has begun to see these effects as not merely a massive human and planetary tragedy, but a major potential cause of increased violent conflict.”

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~ by Elly on August 10, 2009.