ANTH 1002 Lecture 4: Anth 4
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The death and destruction [natural disasters] bring in their wake, and the political, economic and social stresses they place on even the most developed states 39. Natural disasters linked to climate change may prove an even greater security challenge or developing states, displacing affected populations, calling into question the legitimacy or competence of national governments and feeding into existing ethnic or inter-communal con icts 40. Refugee ows and unregulated population movements can destabilize states internally, aggravate trans-border con icts, create political tensions between sending and receiving states, and jeopardise human security. 40. Climate or environmental refugees are now the fastest-growing proportion of refugees globally 41. Deforestation will reach the point that the global biosphere will no longer act as a carbon sink" but instead become a net source of carbon, warming the planet by a third more than scientists have projected 42.
