Guardian science editor Robin McKie: "As central Europe and much of Asia scorches, millions of starving people will reach our shores. Our country will be turned into a military outpost dedicated to keeping them out"

An open letter to Owen Paterson, the new environment secretary | Science | The Observer

farmland is turning to desert across the globe as temperatures rise.

Hundreds of millions of people are destined to lose their homes in the next few decades unless we take action now...As central Europe and much of Asia scorches, millions of starving people will reach our shores. Our country will be turned into a military outpost dedicated to keeping them out, a point recently raised by Professor Stephen Emmott, who has observed that senior army officers have recently become a common sight at climate conferences.