Former Bush adviser says climate change is security threat

The Hill: Climate change will lead to a surge in refugee problems around the world, a former George W. Bush adviser said on Thursday, raising American national security concerns for the next presidential administration.

“Climate change and a lot of other economic dislocations have put a lot of people out of work,” Stephen Hadley, who was a national security adviser for Bush from 2001 to 2009, said at a Politico event on Thursday. He cited the refugee crisis in Europe as one example.

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