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Old 02-21-2011, 06:24 PM  
Caligari
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50 million 'environmental refugees' by 2020

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110221...climaterefugee
fun times ahead

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Fifty million "environmental refugees" will flood into the global north by 2020, fleeing food shortages sparked by climate change, experts warned at a major science conference that ended here Monday.
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"When people are not living in sustainable conditions, they migrate," she said, outlining with the other speakers how climate change is already impacting the amount of food we have -- food security -- and food safety, or the healthfulness of that food.
I think its time the world needs to start thinking about ZPG (zero population growth) again.
Their site is now Population Connection, check out that world birth ticker on the right
http://www.populationconnection.org/site/PageServer
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