Climate Change: An Unstable World – What the IPCC Report Means for the Security Community

Aug 19, 2021 | Lindsey Wilkinson, Homeland Security Today
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) first section of its Sixth Assessment Report, ‘Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science’ was recently released and while shocking, it was not surprising. Signed off by 195 member countries, the report emphasizes that greater changes in the climate will result in a more unstable world as a result of increased natural disasters, rising sea levels and greater food insecurity.