Climate change could help terrorists against India: Pachauri
June 27th, 2009 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANSMhow (Madhya Pradesh), June 27 (IANS) Climate change poses threats to India beyond the sphere of environment as passages opened up by the melting snows in the northern Himalayas could be used by terrorists to infiltrate into the country, eminent environmentalist R.K. Pachauri said here Saturday.
“Melting snows in the north open up passages for terrorists. The melting glaciers will affect water supply in the subcontinent’s northern part, thus sharpening the possibility of conflict with our neighbours,” Pachauri said.
Pachauri, who served as chairman of the Nobel winner Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), was speaking at the convocation ceremony at the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering here.
“Our defence forces might find themselves torn between humanitarian relief operations and guarding our borders against climate refugees, as rising sea-levels swamp low-lying areas, forcing millions of climate refugees across India’s border,” Pachauri said.
“Changing rainfall patterns affect rainfed agriculture, worsening poverty which can be exploited by others,” he said.
- TERI chief says Indian Army's biggest enemy is climate change - Jun 28, 2009
- Melting glaciers to contribute 12cm to world sea-level increases by 2100 - Jan 11, 2011
- Pachauri won't quit over glacier blunder (Lead) - Jan 23, 2010
- Pachauri won't quit over glacier blunder - Jan 23, 2010
- Pachauri calls Indian govt. report on melting Himalayan glaciers as "voodoo science" - Jan 09, 2010
- Pressure mounting for Rajendra Pachauri to resign as IPCC head - Sep 23, 2010
- Some Himalayan glaciers advancing, despite global warming - Jan 25, 2011
- Himalayan glaciers' melting poses threat to not only Bhutan, but entire South Asia - Oct 23, 2009
- Pachauri too doubts if glaciers would vanish by 2035 (Lead) - Jan 18, 2010
- Pachauri under pressure to resign over Himalayan glacier goof up - Feb 04, 2010
- Put on notice, India's Pachauri tasked with carrying out IPCC reform - Oct 20, 2010
- PM backs Pachauri, expresses full confidence in IPCC process - Feb 05, 2010
- Pachauri accepts Himalayan mistake, but won't resign (Third Lead) - Jan 23, 2010
- Pachauri accepts mistake, rejects resignation (Second Lead) - Jan 23, 2010
- India will fight attempts to unseat Pachauri: Jairam Ramesh - Mar 15, 2010
Tags: convocation ceremony, defence forces, environmentalist, himalayas, humanitarian relief operations, intergovernmental panel on climate change, intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc, madhya pradesh, melting glaciers, mhow, military college, neighbours, nobel winner, passages, rainfall patterns, refugees, rising sea levels, subcontinent, telecommunication engineering, water supply