1. Koko Warner of the UN University’s Institute for Environment and Human Security flatly predicts there will be 25 to 50 million refugees on the move in 2010 because of global warming. Um, that's just four months from now.
2. And some symmetry from that great climatological expert, the UN's Ban Ki Moon. He predicts: "We have just four months. Four months to secure the future of our planet."
Mark your calendar.
I find it fascinating that people who are experts in anything but climatology are able to make such precise climatological predictions. Must be something in the, um, KoolAid.
But there's more:
50 million refugees. That's about the population of Canada and Australia combined. But where are they?The Climate Institute can’t wait for the UN predictions to come true. And I mean literally can’t wait:
Environmental problems caused and exacerbated by climate change are currently responsible for an estimated 50 million refugees worldwide...