CNN: Warming threat to Asian security: Grim scenario of disease, disaster

Warming 'threat to Asian security'
Grim scenario of disease and disaster
By Geoff Hiscock, CNN
Tuesday, June 13, 2006

SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- Rapid global warming poses a variety of security threats to the Asia Pacific region that have been "seriously underestimated," a new study says.

The report, released Tuesday by a Sydney-based think tank, paints a grim scenario of disease, food and water shortages, natural disasters, territorial tensions and mass population movements threatening political stability in the region.

Rising sea levels, for example, could threaten heavily urbanized parts of Asia, such as China's Yellow and Yangzi River deltas, and heavily populated low-lying countries such as Bangladesh, the report entitled "Heating up the Planet: Climate Change and Security," by the Lowy Institute says.

Warmer temperatures could see the greater spread of infectious diseases such as malaria and dengue fever, while extreme weather events could diminish food and clean water supplies.

And large, unregulated movements of people could put a heavy strain on the capacity of nations to cope, particularly if there are pre-existing ethnic and social tensions....

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/12/climate.change/index.html

will we get rid of the GOP turkey rulers soon enough to get some solutions to warming?

they only think about fast robbing to create family fortunes for themselves. "Grab it while you can" is their focus, it seems.

since it's already to late in a lot of ways- even if we stopped ALL co2 emissions tomorrow, the warming would still increase for at least several decades...and we ain't anywhere near the point of even reducing overall emissions, thanks to china and india alone, not even counting everyone else.

options are possible, seperate from the CO method you mentioned.

The MSM rarely mentions them, but like many good ideas, if enough peons get behind the good ideas, they can prevail.

Link to CBS's rare story...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/01/15/archive/main264362.shtml

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