World Bank, Pentagon warn: climate changing

Key findings of the Pentagon Report (source: The Observer)

• Future wars will be fought over the issue of survival rather than religion, ideology or national honour.
• By 2007 violent storms smash coastal barriers rendering large parts of Holland inhabitable.
• In California the delta island levees in the Sacramento River area are breached, disrupting the aqueduct system transporting water from north to south.
• Between 2010 and 2020 Europe suffers an average annual temp drop of 6F degrees. Weather patterns in Britain begin to resemble Siberia.
• Nuclear arms proliferation is inevitable. Japan, South Korea, and Germany develop nuclear-weapons capabilities, as do Iran, Egypt, and North Korea.
• A 'significant drop' in the planet's ability to sustain its present population will become apparent over the next 20 years.
• Rich nations like the US and Europe would become 'virtual fortresses' to prevent millions of migrants fleeing flooded or starving lands.
• Deaths from war and famine run into the millions until the planet's population is reduced to a point the earth can support.
• Access to water becomes a major battleground. Nile, Danube and the Amazon are all mentioned as high risk.
• Europe will face huge internal struggles as it copes with massive numbers of migrants washing up on its shores.
• Bangladesh becomes nearly uninhabitable because of a rising sea level, which contaminates inland water supplies.