Climate Change And Civil Unrest......
go hand in hand. What would you do if access to food or water was uncertain? What would you do to secure the future of you and your family? To make sure you were safe? This is the tip of the iceberg (the rapidly melting iceberg). We can't build a wall high enough to isolate ourselves from the world and the crisis that is pending. Not to mention that we are likely to face a substantial degree of domestic upheaval as coastal cities need to rethink their footprint and food production regions like California's Central Valley face disruptions in precipitation patterns.
Unfortunately we are led by a group of people who do not believe that climate change is real and think that we can hide from the world's problems behind a wall. How high will it need to be? It doesn't matter because it will never be high enough to solve these issues.
A water shortage can spark street protests: Access to water has been a common source of unrest in India. It can be exploited by terrorist groups: The Shabab has sought to take advantage of the most vulnerable drought-stricken communities in Somalia. Water shortages can prompt an exodus from the countryside to crowded cities: Across the arid Sahel, young men unable to live off the land are on the move. And it can feed into insurgencies: Boko Haram stepped into this breach in Nigeria, Chad and Niger.
Iran is the latest example of a country where a water crisis, long in the making, has fed popular discontent. That is particularly true in small towns and cities in what is already one of the most parched regions of the world. Farms turned barren, lakes became dust bowls. Millions moved to provincial towns and cities, and joblessness led to mounting discontent among the young. Then came a crippling drought, lasting roughly 14 years.
In short, a water crisis — whether caused by nature, human mismanagement, or both — can be an early warning signal of trouble ahead. A panel of retired United States military officials warned in December that water stress, which they defined as a shortage of fresh water, would emerge as “a growing factor in the world’s hot spots and conflict areas.”
“With escalating global population and the impact of a changing climate, we see the challenges of water stress rising with time,” the retired officials concluded in the report by CNA, a research organization based in Arlington, Virginia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/climate/water-iran.html
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