'The world will catch fire'

East Asia is one of two areas that are most likely to occur because of environmental damage caused by climate change. This situation is closely related to conflicts in the world. These are the two latest conclusions of the UN Environment Program (UNEP), which were released in late June.

In the next 35 years, scientists predict snow and ice patches in the Himalayas will disappear. 500 million people will be directly affected and another 250 million people will be indirectly affected.

Bangladesh's seawater will rise, and 34 million people here will not be able to stay where they are now. India seeks to prevent Bangladeshis from overflowing by building long walls that cost billions of dollars and will be completed this year.

The country becomes a valuable resource and can create war between Syria and Israel. The Sea of ​​Galilee draws water from the Israeli Golan Plateau. Israeli settlers have about seven times the amount of water available to Syrians.

A severe drought in Vinh Phuc province.(Artwork: AFP)

But Africa will suffer the most. Seawater will rise as high as 30%, 25-40% of the country's nature will disappear by 2085. Fighting to fight for resources is taking place throughout the region. Increasing tension and conflict in Sudan is a good example.

Sudan - the largest country in Africa, located between the Horn of Africa and the Middle East ' intersection may never have peace if the environmental problem is being seriously destroyed at the speed of galloping. This is not mentioned '. The soil became dry, deserted. In the past 40 years, more than 100 km in this country became desert. In the past 15 years, 12% of the country's forests have disappeared. In fact, in the next decade, many regions will not have forests. Rainfall decreased by 40%. According to scientists, the reason is global warming.

The UN report said that ' the world will catch fire ' because of environmental changes, both literally and figuratively. Earth warms, and conflict begins when people have to migrate to other regions to make a living because they cannot live in the old environment when the climate changes.

Earlier this year, Britain used the rights of its UN Security Council President to address climate change-related issues.'What makes a war happen?', Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett asked and answered himself: 'Fighting for water, food, land.'

"No free lunch"

June 20 is Professor Barry Commoner's 90th birthday, environmentalist is considered to be the first in the world to warn that the earth is finite.'Humans are exploiting the Earth excessively', causing it to change. His unique thoughts in the 1960s were not received by many people. To date, he has become a prophet of the earth's environment, famous for his four ecological laws:

* Everything is closely related to each other. There is only one atmosphere for all life on earth, and anything that affects other things affects everything else;

* Everything has to go somewhere. There is no rubbish being ' thrown away ', it is only hidden from the human eye. It is still there, in our living environment;

* Nature is a talent, knows everything. Humans try to create technology to surpass nature, but natural changes will have consequences;

* Nothing is ' free lunch '. In the natural world, all profits are paid. All debts will have to be paid flat between the parties for balance.

Can people go beyond the limit point to not return?

For pessimists, such as Achim Steiner, UNEP's chief executive, when it comes to press interviews, 'it's late.' For those who are optimistic, they think they are not. wrong, mend the earth's wounds that we have caused, live peacefully with the environment.

LOAN (From London)