Disturbing Consequences of Climate Changes
Climate changes are having an increased impact on the demographic image of the world, and the number of refugees who have been struck by the all-destroying power of nature is increasing daily. Australia and New Zealand, although economically highly developed, could very well find themselves right side by side to Africa or India due to climate catastrophes.
According to the conclusions of a panel of experts who conferred a few weeks ago, organized by the UN and the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Sciences), global warming will only serve to exacerbate the already meager food supply in parts of north Africa and India, what will in turn cause necessary mass emigration of approximately 50 million inhabitants from that area by 2020. Still, statistics aren’t in favor of the majority of refugees as it’s estimated that their number will rise up to 1 billion by 2050!
It’s presumed that climate refugees will find their new residence at the “global north”, thus in the developed northern countries where they currently already emigrate. For the most part, they are poor migrants from Libya, Tunis and Algeria, which are, aside from climate changes, plagued by political turmoil as well. They will find new homes, as anticipated by the UN, in Italy, Spain and all over Europe. The impossibility of adequate crop cultivation, frequent floods, expansions of deserts and warm winters are most reasons for obtaining a “climate refugee” status.
Hunger is by far the strongest impetus, not only for migrations, but for starting revolutions as well. There’s a clear correlation between the protests in the Middle East and lack of food, while Tunisian protests were for the most part generated due to “hunger-induced humiliation”.
Maybe the time has come to roll up our sleeves and get to grips with the climate issue because if the matter of 50 million refugees doesn’t ring the alarm, then who and what does?
