Showing posts from category environment.
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Caucuses Discuss Environment’s Impact on Security
›January 17, 2007 // By Wilson Center StaffRepresentatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia came together with other international partners in Georgia’s capital city of Tblisi today to discuss the impact of environmental concerns on peace in the region.
Regional cooperation may be the solution to problems such as environmental degradation and access to natural resources, according to Ambassador Roy Reeve, head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia.
The meeting is part of the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC). -
Global Risk Factors
›January 17, 2007 // By Wilson Center StaffEnvironmental problems such as climate and water scarcity pose growing risks to the world’s future, says a new report from the World Economic Forum. Global Risks 2007 offers sobering scenarios of threats quickly coming down the road: over the next 10 years, more than 1 million people in the developing world are expected to die from disease, while loss of freshwater services is projected to claim somewhere between 40,000 and 200,000 lives.
