Not because of the failure of will of the West to stop ethnic cleansing -- hell, history will show that when we did something about ethnic cleansing it was the exception. No, apparently Darfur is the first in a series of conflicts triggered by climate change. And it won't be the last. Not by a damn sight.
Conflicts over water. Mass migrations caused by the rising sea levels. Starvation on a continental-scale. This is the stuff of dystopian science fiction and it certainly looks like our future. Watch the Sahel for the next 5 years and Southeast Asia for the next 10 for a glimpse of what 50 years from now will look like all over the world.
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