Future Shock: The Threat from Global Warming

The predicted effects of climate change are endless. They include extreme weather, droughts, rising sea levels and mass migration, not to mention the increased spread of life-threatening diseases. Terrorism may also flourish in countries most impacted. Climate Change is not like other conventional security threats: it has the potential to create multiple security problems, occurring globally at the same time. John Mooney speaks to Dr Diarmuid Torney from the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University and John Gibbons, the journalist and author of the Think or Swim Blog.