OTTAWA — Climate change is expected to play havoc with already fragile African countries, prompting more calls for help from the Canadian military, warns an internal Defence Department analysis. The document notes the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts temperatures in Africa will rise between two and four per cent by 2100, about 1.5 times the global average. Watch: Young Canadians are suing the federal government over climate change. Walter Dorn, Canadian Forces College professorEarlier this year, the British Ministry of Defence identified climate change as one of the greatest risks to defence and security. “Overall, the projected challenges of climate change reinforce the importance of sustaining, and potentially improving, CAF situational awareness in Africa,” the memo says.

Source: Huffington Post October 30, 2019 11:37 UTC