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Why Climate Change Matters More Than Anything Else


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In 2010, flooding of the Indus River forced 20 million Pakistanis to leave their homes. In Somalia, a drought-induced famine killed around 260,000 people in 2011 alone. In early 2018, South Africa’s Cape Town was on the verge of running out of water. For Joshua Busby – an associate professor of public affairs at the University of Texas at Austin – these climate change-related events are only the beginning of what is to come if the world fails to keep global warming in check. getAbstract recommends Busby’s Foreign Affairs commentary to anyone interested in global affairs.

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  • Rising sea levels, powerful storms, large-scale flooding and droughts will take a huge toll on countries’ resources, displace millions of people, and decisively affect 21st-century geopolitics.
  • While rich countries will have to divert a growing amount of resources to combat the effects of extreme weather events, poor countries will face threats to their existence due to drought-induced famines and massive flooding. 
  • In areas where several drought-prone countries share the same water resources, regional tensions will likely intensify.

About the Author

Joshua Busby is an associate professor of public affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.


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