Warming in Asia, Africa, threatens US: military brass

WASHINGTON (AFP) – From the Niger delta to weather-blighted Somalia and teeming South Asia, global warming poses daunting risks and a knock-on threat to US national security, retired military brass and US senators warned Wednesday.

Higher global temperatures, melting polar ice and rising sea waters endanger millions of people, and the US armed forces must be ready for a new age when strife in volatile regions is multiplied by environmental catastrophe, they said.


…Retired air force General Charles Wald warned meanwhile of a set of serious security challenges posed by environmental change in Africa, an increasingly important source of oil exports to the United States.

An energy crisis could be sparked if rising sea-levels flooded the Niger delta or storms resulting from climate change damaged oil installations, he said.

AFP