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A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning (theconversation.com)
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In many ways, this is business as usual. Climate change is an international problem requiring international cooperation, the possibilities for which are determined by geopolitics. But this year, something more unsettling is emerging: climate change is itself beginning to impact geopolitics.

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 16 points 1 month ago

This is what we've been warning you about.
Yes, you people in Central Europe and North America – a few degrees of warming won't threaten your wealth.
But a billion people with the choice of moving north or starving will.