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Climate Change and Conflict in Bangladesh
by Matthijs van der Hoorn
'Climate change will help produce insurgencies, genocide, guerrilla attacks, gang warfare, and global terrorism' (Homer-Dixon, 2007).
Bangladesh: A nation at the front-line of the climate change crisis (Global Humanitarian Forum, 2009).
22 million Bangladeshis would become refugees due to climate change impacts by 2050 (IPCC, 2007).
30 million people in 19 of 64 districts along the southern coastline have already been exposed to climate change (EquityBD, 2009).
Environmental change was not a big issue by the last elections.
Rural people are more focused on local politicians.
People accept that the poor and institutionally weak regime may simple not be able to respond in an manner that is satisfying for the population.
Not likely that climate change will cause political instability.
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