Thursday, November 13, 2014

Global warming ‘will require more UK troops sent to fight overseas’

More UK military forces will have to be deployed in conflicts overseas as a result of climate change, a former Government envoy has warned.

Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, who served as the UK’s special representative for climate change last year after 37 years in the Royal Navy, said global warming would act as a “threat multiplier”, increasing the risks of conflicts.

“Ultimately there may be occasions where the impacts are so severe that there’s conflict… and we may have to deploy British forces,” he said .... http://www.telegraph.co.uk