Can we regard "Climate Change" as World War III?

08 August 2018 0 3K Report

"World War III is well and truly underway. And we are losing," writes environmental activist Bill McKibben. Two of the world's highest per capita carbon emitters, the United States and Australia, have deserted the trenches of WWIII by trading ideology for human lives and health.

Extracted from: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-28/climate-change-is-world-war-3-and-we-are-leaderless/10168962

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