Global rules needed to tackle climate change, says US institute
Center for Climate and Security says the world risks more contestation and conflict without co-ordinated policies
07 June 2021 - 16:49
London— New global rules are urgently needed to tackle climate-driven migration and regulate emerging “geoengineering” technologies that could potentially be used to deal with runaway warming, military and security officials said on Monday.
Without co-ordinated policies on both issues, the world “risks more contestation and conflict without any mechanism for addressing that at the international level”, said Erin Sikorsky, deputy director of the Washington-based Center for Climate and Security...
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