A report from the International Institute for Strategic Studies says climate change is likely to hit crop yields and water availability everywhere, causing great human suffering and regional strife.
The IISS report said a major climate catastrophe would have an effect similar to that of a nuclear war.
A report from the International Institute for Strategic Studies says climate change is likely to hit crop yields and water availability everywhere, causing great human suffering and regional strife.
A report from the International Institute for Strategic Studies says climate change is likely to hit crop yields and water availability everywhere, causing great human suffering and regional strife.
The IISS report said a major climate catastrophe would have an effect similar to that of a nuclear war.
It is believed the effects would cause a host of problems including rising sea levels, forced migration, disease epidemics, crop failures and famines.
The IISS report says conflicts in Kenya and Sudan are a sign of the competition that is occurring in places of dwindling resources.
The report, an annual survey of the impact of world events on global security, said conflicts due to climate change would reduce the ability of the world's political leaders to correct the effects of global warming.
The gap between rich and poor would heighten racial and ethnic tensions which in turn would produce fertile breeding grounds for more conflict.
Falling crop yields due to reduced water and rising temperatures would push food prices higher.
Overall, the report said, 65 countries were likely to lose over 15 per cent of their agricultural output by 2100 at a time when the world's population was expected to grow from six billion now to nine billion people.
