Barrie said the security threat of climate change was comparable to that posed by nuclear war, and said the Australian continent would be most affected by changing climate. Commonwealth Bank shareholders sue over 'inadequate' disclosure of climate change risks Read more“A serious shortage of fresh water brings famine; starving people are a very serious security problem. They noted many assessments of the threats to national security posed by climate change may be an underestimation, and called for a “high-level taskforce to examine risks associated with climate change and national security”. “Most assessments linking climate change with climate risk have assumed changes are well described by the average,” they said, arguing this needed to be “urgently modified”. “Vulnerabilities associated with national security and climate change are already increasing and exist now.

Source: The Guardian August 10, 2017 18:00 UTC