Posted on 02/27/2021 6:47:40 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Researchers agree that climate change alone cannot be blamed for the outbreak of war in Syria in 2011. However, neither can it be ignored as a reason the once blossoming country has become a parched, war-torn place.
"Syria serves as prime example for the impact of climate change on pre-existing issues such as political instability, poverty and scarce resources," Jamal Saghir, Professor at the Institute for the Study of International Development at McGill University, told DW. Saghir, a former director at the World Bank, considers climate change the world's biggest threat to security. He therefore sees the recent acknowledgment of climate change as a national security issue by US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, on January 27, as game changer when it comes to recognizing the link between climate change and conflict.
"Climate disruption was an amplifier and multiplier of the political crisis that was building up in Syria," as Staffan de Mistura, former UN Special Envoy for Syria between 2014 and 2018, told DW. The crisis was aggravated by Bashar Assad's decisions to reduce fuel, water and food subsidies over the years. In addition to water scarcity in rural areas, tensions rose between Kurds, Arabs, Alawites and Sunnis.
"A toxic cocktail started to turn into an explosive mixture with the ingredients of the Arab Spring, the anger of losing jobs, migration to cities, as well as the purchasing power decline and the anger against the very tough and very cruel reactions by the government," de Mistura said.
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Climate change has caused my dog’s farts to be more potent and frequent. Even though our area seems to have gotten cooler judging from the show storms in the last couple years... That supposed half a degree centigrade worldwide warming that started long before she was around has messed up her digestive process.
Not really.
We have records that go back millennia. The issues they had is they expanded their agrarian footprint and supply lines. Once they began collapsing it strianed the entire system of farms and ranches till it completely collapsed.
I swear. They have morons sitting around making up these BS stories all the time. How much more obvious can it be that climate changes is made-up, BS garbage? It is getting like Chinese water torture . . . drip, drip, drip. . . .
No Goebbels workie.
typo... snow storms
Then go to China and and tell them to "lower their carbon footprint."
They are, after all, the largest polluters on earth.
1. China (30%)
In just five provinces, which that host most of these industries, more dioxide is emitted than in any other country in the world.
Which dioxide?
John Effing Kerry carries the BS climate change water for these sand slaves. Xiden has a son who carries the money for Jina.
Meanwhile, America runs down the drain.
“Sorry, America. The Noble’s are too busy screwing you and the citizens. Your time is just about over.....”
“You just may have to take a pain pill” Barrack O
Climate change is amazing.....
I just an article about how one of Jupiter’s moons has slowed its orbit by .00000001% because it is being influenced by the change of the earths gravitational pull because of climate change
Climate change...is there ANYTHING it can’t do?
There is now an entire genre of fairy tales in the MSM with the climate change hoax at their core. Dopey people actually beleive this nonsense.
So "climate change" had nothing to do with it.
climate change the cause of the Syrian nightmare? - boy, is that a stretch!!!
Climate change; the Shamwow Swiss Army Knife of political propaganda.
We got more snow than I can remember this year in PA. The climate changes. We know that. To think we have any say in the matter (other than heaters and AC is delusional.
Man,are they diggin deep.
“A toxic cocktail started to turn into an explosive mixture with the ingredients of the Arab Spring, the anger of losing jobs, migration to cities, as well as the purchasing power decline and the anger against the very tough and very cruel reactions by the government,” de Mistura said.
No mention of Isis.
Oop Gore, millions of years ago: “Oop-made Oop warming is making it hard to remain in Oop trees!”
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