Christian Parenti joins BBC to explain the debate at the UN over the relationship between political violence and global climate change.
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At the Security Council this week, Western nations clashed with Russia and some developing nations over the adoption of a statement asserting the threat of climate change to international peace and security. The Nation‘s Christian Parenti, author Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence, joined the BBC to explain why such a basic assertion has become such a sticking point for international negotiators.
For more on the politics of extreme weather, read Parenti’s report, Pakistan One Year After the Floods.
—Kevin Donohoe
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