Climate change is a pressing security problem, not just an environmental cause. 
Just ask wildlife experts in India Sundarban islands:
" The number of tiger attacks on people is growing as habitat loss and dwindling prey caused by climate change drives them to prowl into villages for food, experts said Monday."The Security Council is sure to "remain seized" of that matter.
With all eyes on Beijing's cleanup efforts in advance of the Summer Olympics, let's not forget the environmental obstacles to prepping Whistler, British Columbia for the 2010 games this winter. Above, a mudslide on the Sea to Sky Highway put a damper this week on efforts to turn a treacherous, winding two lane road (the only one linking Vancouver's International Airport and Whistler) into an infrastructure capable of handling Olympic-volume traffic.
Though, one might also say, this is just Mother Nature doing the contractors' work for them...
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