{"id":92016,"date":"2009-12-21T08:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/pentagon-global-warming-will-lead-to-global-conflict-and-danger-2009-12"},"modified":"2009-12-21T08:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T13:53:00","slug":"pentagon-global-warming-will-lead-to-global-conflict-and-danger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/92016","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon: Global Warming Will Lead To Global Conflict And Danger"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Picture Japan, suffering from flooding along its coastal cities and contamination of its fresh water supply, eyeing Russia’s Sakhalin Island oil and gas reserves as an energy source . . . Envision Pakistan, India and China – all armed with nuclear weapons – skirmishing at their borders over refugees, access to shared river and arable land.”<\/p>\n

This might look like the minutes from a meeting of Hollywood executives. In fact, it is from a Pentagon memo on the possible consequences of global warming. Climate change is not just an environmental question, it could have a massive impact on international security.<\/p>\n

Economist J. Bradford Delong found this Pentagon statement from 2007<\/a>, which has special relevance following the disappointing Copenhagen talks.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the rest of Delong’s Ten Economic Paragraphs Worth Reading: December 21, 2009 –><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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