Experts’ Warnings about Climate Change and its Impacts on Environment, Technology and Society

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Experts’ Warnings about Climate Change
In recent times, experts' warnings emphasise on non-traditional and large-scale effects of
global warming, such as humanitarian disasters due to typhoon activity and persistent hurricane;
mass starvation emanating increased drought; and inundation of coastal regions among others.
IPCC’s Working Group II Report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a comprehensive report
in April 2007 about global warming. The panel found out that many people face floods due to
rise in the sea-level. Also, coastal areas face other challenges such as low coastal subsidence and
tropical storms.
Resource Wars and Ethnic Warfare Conflicts
Resource wars occur when two or more groups fight over possessions such as mineral
deposits, timber stands, diamond fields, oil reserves and water supplies (Estrada, 2017). Notably,
ethnic warfare happens when communities engage in violence over water, land or ideological
differences. The conflicts are interrelated to climate change in that the reduction of critical
resources and increasing demand encourages violence.
Destabilizing Impacts of Global Warming
Global warming reduces water in catchment regions. The water supply in areas supplied
by the meltdown of glaciers and snow cover also decreases. People living in these regions will,