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How climate change is fueling conflict around the world
‘Climate change acts as a threat multiplier, increasing instability around the world’
- CBC
This week, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a dire warning on global warming.
The report said even an additional 0.5 C increase in the Earth’s temperature would mean catastrophic crises — and that could happen as early as 2030.
It may be hard to see a connection between ISIS and climate change, but Sherri Goodman says that global warming is not only heating up the planet, it’s also heating up conflicts around the world.
Goodman, a senior…