We Have Entered the Age of ‘Climate War’. Crimes against the Environment Must Be Prosecuted

Oct 26, 2023 | Richard J. Rogers and Moneim Adam
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For decades, the prospect of violent human conflict fuelled by the environmental stresses of climate change has been predicted by human rights experts. Extreme weather and resource scarcity are now major factors in the increasing level of conflict witnessed across the globe.

Civilisation’s reliance on a stable and healthy living world has long been a favourite theme of science fiction writers, with environmental disasters that trigger conflict featuring in the dystopian worlds of writers like Margaret Attwood, Octavia E. Butler and even Dr. Seuss.