Climate change should be top foreign policy priority, G7 study says

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Global warming 'ultimate threat multiplier' posing serious risk to world security, says report urging governments not to see it simply as a climate issue

Tackling climate change risks must become a top foreign policy priority if the world is to combat the global security threat it poses in the 21st century, according to a new study commissioned by the G7...

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