Climate change is contributing to changes in the location of terrorist activity.
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This is evidenced by the results of a study by scientists from the University of Adelaide (Australia), who analyzed the activities of terrorists in India for the period from 1998 to 2017 – a time during which 9 thousand 96 terrorist incidents were recorded, and the average temperature in the country reached record highs. reports the press service of the university.
The analysis indicates that climatological variables—temperature, precipitation, and altitude—are also variables in models of terrorist activity, the scientists note.
Thus, scientists have found that while cities are increasingly growing in population density, especially in places with favorable climates, some more remote areas once used by extremists have become uninhabitable due to climate change altogether, forcing extremist groups emigrate to others. locations or changes in their activity have become seasonal.
This applies to all forms of extremist activity; in particular, climate change is leading to a shift in terrorist training areas.
This study shows that stopping the detrimental effects of climate change is not only an environmental issue, but also an issue directly related to national security and defense, the scientists note.
Global warming has already had a noticeable impact on mortality.
Source: Racurs
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