Saturday, June 2, 2012

U.N. agency frets over climate's role in expanding refugee crises

ClimateWire: A five-year report out yesterday from a U.N. refugee agency goes to great lengths to say climate change is likely to increase human displacement among nations. What is less clear in the report is what can be done about it. The report, from the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), found that human traffic from armed conflict has over the past five years been compounded by climate change, natural disasters, population growth, urbanization and dwindling resources. Refugee troubles are most...

URL: http://www.eenews.net/public/climatewire/2012/06/01/1
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