Experts Say
Nuclear and Climate Risks are Key Issues in Current Security Debates
World Future Council
June 1, 2012
By Jürgen Scheffran
In the future, nuclear and climate risks may interfere with each other in a mutually enforcing way. Con-flicts induced by climate change could contribute to global insecurity and create more incentives for states to rely on military force, including nuclear weapons. Rather than being a direct cause of war, cli-mate change significantly affects the delicate balance between social and environmental systems in a way that could undermine human security and societal stability with potentially grave consequences for international security.
