Climate Change, Videos & Documentaries, Dec 17th, 2009,
NBC Nightly News continues their environmentally themed segment ‘A Perfect Storm’, this time examining how changes in climate might contribute to violent conflicts among deprived communities. Drought, flooding, population displacement and resulting wars over water and other resources can be caused or exacerbated by climate change, according to this NBC report. Military organizations like NATO and the Pentagon are already conscious of possible future economic, social and political instability, which can be influenced by climate change. One case in point is Egypt’s Nile River Delta. Watch NBC’s latest ‘A Perfect Storm’ installment for more. Climate change to spark armed conflicts?…
Tags: A Perfect Storm, Climate change, conflicts, Egypt, NBC, Nile, war
Climate Change, Nov 28th, 2009,
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' src='http://gf3.statico.be/wp-content/themes/greenfudge/thumbnails/2237.jpg' alt='sudan-worlds-largest-inland-wetlands-polluted-by-oil' class='art-teaser' width='95' height='95' /> The Republic of Sudan in East Africa has been the focus of much media attention in recent years due to its brutal civil war and the practices of ethnic cleansing and genocide associated with the conflict, particularly in the region of Darfur. Though the civil war has now ended, Sudan’s strong divide between the north and south remains, as exemplified by the state of the country’s oil industry. ‘In the north, where the oil is going and the refineries are, there is an economic boom. But the production areas which should have benefited first have no services, no development. There…
Tags: AFP, Nile, oil, Pollution, Sudan, White Nile marshes
