
Repères 26/01/08 - Un milliard de réfugiés
Armed forces face strain of climate change: report
Reuters Thu Jan 24, 2008"Security forces round the world will face tough new challenges as climate change unleashes violent storms, raises sea levels and causes floods and famines, a new report said on Thursday.
Up to 200 million people could become environmental refugees by the middle of the century, bringing to one billion the number of people displaced by conflicts, natural disasters and large development projects, the Oxford Research Group report said..."
An Uncertain Future: Law Enforcement, National Security and Climate Change
Chris Abbott, Oxford Research Group January 2008

