BLOOMBERG • January 23, 2021
Wealthy nations will come under pressure to boost funding to tackle climate change during a United Nations discussion that will warn about how unchecked rising temperatures could lead to wars and mass migration. Military experts have for years warned that climate change can cause political instability as it ravages crops, floods villages and cities and leads to a scramble for natural resources. With the U.K. holding the rotating presidency of the Security Council this month, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will warn that climate change poses a “grave threat to global peace and security.”