| ID | 146430 |
| Title Proper | Climate Change and state death |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ker-Lindsay, James |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | It is now generally understood that climate change poses a grave threat to international security. Rising temperatures will lead to droughts in large parts of Africa, while many low-lying countries in Europe and Asia face the prospect of catastrophic flooding. This is likely to lead to massive population displacement, food shortages, resource competition and an increased risk of conflict. And for one group of countries, the effects of global warming will be nothing short of apocalyptic. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that oceans will rise between 26 and 82 centimetres by the end of this century. This means that, in the decades to come, there is a real chance that a number of island states in the Pacific and Indian oceans will be completely submerged. At present, the four countries most at risk are Kiribati, Maldives, the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu, with a combined population of around half a million people. |
| `In' analytical Note | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 58, No.4; Aug-Sep 2016: p.73-93 |
| Journal Source | Survival Vol: 58 No 4 |
| Key Words | Maldives ; Climate Change ; Governance ; International Law |