WHY CLIMATE
CRISES WILL AFFECT FOREIGN POLICY BY OLADOSU ADENIKE
Climate change is one of the greatest crises
of the century; claiming lives and destroying ecosystem. One of the less
reported “news worthy” topics is; will climate change affect foreign policy and
international relation or will trade and investment affects the foreign policy
of nations? With recent announcement of Donald Trump on plans to add countries
to his existing travel ban. These have to examine the relationship between
climate change and conflict. Expanded list as reported includes; Belarus,
Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania. The list was
modified following a series of court challenges and now restricts some citizens
of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, Venezuela and North Korea.
According to officials, “this travel ban profoundly successful in protecting our country and raising the security
baseline around the world. The American people need to be protected against
conflicts and wars arising from other nations; stopping the importation of
terrorism.” Nice as the idea, the root causes of conflicts around the world
need to be confronted as “beheading is not a cure for headache.” Have we asked
why are conflicts arising? The causes of most conflict are due to the fight for
resource control and power struggle. Climate change is fueling armed conflict
and armed conflict is fueling climate crises in most part of Africa and Middle
East.
This raises
the dire need of international support to fight against trans-Sahara terrorism
ravaging Africa and some part of Middle East. The promotion of green democracy
and disarmament through the use of I.C.T, traditional and religious institution
is very important. To achieve world peace, we need to tackle the reoccurring cause
of conflict: climate change and bad governance. This can be done by promoting
democratic values in Africa and the Middle East as change in foreign policies
by powerful countries to poorer countries will lead to a less peaceful world.
Oladosu Adenike
is an ecofeminist and a peace activist
oladosuadenike32@gmail.com
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