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Warming Moves the People

-- Adam -- 02/01/2007

The present and growing problem of climate refugees was addressed in an article from AFP News this morning. Among the causes, desertification and shrinking water sources have made huge areas unsuitable for habitation, in Africa and Asia in particular. With global warming continuing to shift weather patterns, an even more massive human crisis is looming if some measures are not taken to abate more dramatic temperature increases in the near future. The story notes, "A Red Cross and Red Crescent study in 2000 said 25 million people had left their homes because of environmental stress, roughly as many as the refugees from armed conflict." It also says that these numbers may soar to 200 million people by the end of the century. This is just another way our country's global-warming policy will effect other nations if we do not act fast while we still have time. Once the U.S. gets on board with tackling global warming, we'll be able to work closely with other nations to solve the problem.