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Politics : Climate Change
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From: ryanaka8/29/2019 1:01:37 PM
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How Russia and China are preparing to exploit a warming planet
POLITICO’s latest Global Translations podcast explores how
climate change is reshaping power dynamics among America’s adversaries.

politico.com

Hurricanes, floods, and wildfires aside, climate change is delivering another threat: a remaking of geopolitics that stands to empower some of America’s adversaries and rivals.

As Arctic ice melts, Russia stands to gain access to oil and gas fields historically locked beneath northern ice — and is building up capability to launch cruise missiles from newly navigable waters to threaten America's coastlines.

As polar seaways open up, China is eyeing a new “Polar Silk Road” — shorter shipping routes that could cut weeks off of shipping times from Asia to Europe.

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