That's the idea that there are these unstable parts of the world, and then you throw in a bad crop year, people are hungry, they riot, they become refugees, countries react negatively to those refugees coming into their country, that country elects a leader who tries to shut the door, it worsens the problem and maybe you end up with more broad conflicts.' 'The types of things they sketch out are consistent with what our own military is thinking,'В John Reilly, an energy, environmental, and agricultural economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told Global Citizen.В 'Which is that climate change is a threat multiplier. By focusing on the вЂњ threat multipliers of climate change,вЂќ how it can worsen existing geopolitical conflicts and stresses, the researchers argue that it could set in motion devastating chain reactions in the near future. The report argues that the United NationsвЂ™ assessments on climate change, which call for a rapid transformation of society, do not go far enough in conveying the risk that humanity faces. You can join us in taking action on climate change here.Д¬limate change could cause civilization-ending impacts by 2050, according to a new report from Australia-based think-tankВ Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration. A new report argues that the near-term consequences of climate change are more grave than people think. The impacts of climate change - from extreme storms to more heat waves - are already being felt around the world.

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