Firenze Sage: the climate made them do it [Arab Spring]

Climate Change and the Arab Spring.”

Panelists Tom Friedman, Anne-Marie Slaughter, and Michael Werz will parse out these complex interactions and discuss the implications for U.S. foreign and development policy.

The volume outlines the complex pressures exerted by the effects of climate change on the convulsions which swept through the Middle East in 2010 and 2011, exploring the long-term trends in

precipitation,

agriculture,

food prices,

and migration

which contributed to the social instability and violence which has transformed the region, and offering solutions for progress.

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This is so stupid only a NY Times columnist could be part of it.

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