From the Arctic to sub-Saharan Africa, and from the Middle East to Central Asia, climate change is turning cross-border competition for natural resources into a defining feature of international relations. Population growth and rising consumption of food and raw materials are exacerbating the impact of environmental degradation in less developed areas of the planet. For the future, the question is whether governments and international institutions will reduce the risk of conflicts over natural resources in a world characterised increasingly by Great Power rivalry and the erosion of the post-1945 order.
從北極到撒哈拉以南非洲地區(qū)，從中東到中亞，氣候變化正使各國對自然資源的跨境爭奪成為國際關(guān)系的一個關(guān)鍵特征。人口增長和糧食及原材料消費的日益增長，正在加劇地球上較不發(fā)達(dá)地區(qū)環(huán)境退化的影響。展望未來，問題是在一個日益以大國競爭和1945年后的秩序被削弱為特征的世界里，各國政府和國際機構(gòu)會否降低圍繞自然資源的沖突風(fēng)險？