Do you agree with the UNEP

Would Climate Change Lead to New Wars in Africa

It is not possible to completely agree with UNEP 's 2007 assessment that climate change would trigger a succession of new wars in Africa . After all , climate scientists have already informed the global public that climate change may suddenly put an end to the world if it triggers a new ice age without warning . If that does not happen , however , it is certainly possible for climate change to lead to new wars in the poorest continent of the world . After all , climate change is

expected to accompany an increase in floods , epidemics , droughts , degradation of land , in addition to resource conflicts in the region (Henning , RC Because negatively changing climate ' is known to disproportionately affect the poor rather than the rich people , Africa , being the poorest continent of the world , is most vulnerable to it (Henning , RC . In fact , even the smallest increases in extreme weather frequency ' or reductions in precipitation are expected to have devastating effects on the lives of poor Africans (Henning , RC

It is further believed that climate change has already driven warfare in both Ethiopia and Sudan . In Ethiopia , for example , rivers are running dry and annual precipitation has changed dramatically (Sachs , J 2005 . In the region south of the famous Sahara desert , there has not only been a significant reduction in rainfall but also a rise in the surface temperature (Sachs , J ' According to Sachs , reduction in rainfall may be accompanied by famines , water starvation , in...