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and here is the new Maplecroft estimation of the countries most likely to be adversely affected by climate change, as reported by WaPo’s Juliet Eilperin (including climate-related disasters, heightened competition for scarcer resources,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and consequent security challenges)– shown in dark blue:
It is almost a mirror image, isn’t it? And, ironically,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it looks like the North may escape the worst consequences of its carbon profligacy,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], inflicting them on Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Malaysia,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and parts of Africa instead.
Here are carbon dioxide emissions per capita by country,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], calculated from data at the US Department of Energy’s Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC):
This looks to me like a sort of north-south global war, with the North inflicting profound damage on the South:
I don’t think Usama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri are the last demagogues and terrorists in the global south who will attempt to mobilize hatred of the US and the other developed nations on this basis.
Courtesy Maplecroft