Interesting article on the health and financial costs of war at the Medical Observer (Australia) website. To his list of possible conflict drivers I would add resource shortages (of all kinds) – especially oil (as in Iraq) but also water, timber, strategic minerals and agricultural land.

Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict With a New Introduction by the Author

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Climate change and war
Visiting Africa’s Sahel region, Jeffrey Sachs says it’s clear that climate change is already driving warfare in Ethiopia and Sudan. This time, peacekeepers, sanctions and humanitarian aid are not going to cut it. Instead, the developed world needs to cut its emissions drastically while helping developing countries adapt—and fast.

Climate change may put world at war
Climate change could cause global conflicts as large as the two world wars but lasting for centuries unless the problem is controlled, a leading defence think tank has warned.

Nation’s spies: Climate change could spark war
The U.S. intelligence community has finished up its classified assessment of how our changing weather patterns could contribute to “political instability around the world, the collapse of governments and the creation of terrorist safe havens.

Climate change can spark war
History may be bound to repeat itself as Earth’s climate continues to warm, with changing temperatures causing food shortages that lead to wars and population declines, according to a new study (full version of Global climate change, war, and population decline in recent human history).

Climate change and resource scarcity will drive future conflicts.

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