With
 increased intensity and frequency being noted in extreme weather events
 such as floods and droughts as well as rising sea levels across the 
globe, experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference underway 
in Durban, South Africa have been raising concerns on the climate 
refugee issue. 
During a 2009 interview with The House Magazine in the UK, Supreme 
Master Ching Hai spoke with urgent concern about the climate change 
refugees.
Supreme Master Ching Hai :
 A decade ago, there were 25 million climate change refugees - with the 
estimate now of 1 billion by 2050. Estimate. These are people forced 
from their homes and communities due to rising sea levels and a host of 
other natural disasters, so-called natural disasters, but in fact these 
are all man-made. 
As a result, more and more countries may have 
to help cope with the swell of displaced people, hoping they can - if we
 even can cope with it. In this dire situation when all countries 
already have to cope with different problems – financial crisis, food 
crisis - and we have to cope with this sudden surge of immeasurable 
force 
of refugees. 
These situations will only worsen, not 
improve, until we stop the cause.  This means to halt the livestock 
production and meat consumption. I can never emphasize this enough.  If 
humans switch to the vegan diet, the Earth will begin cooling 
immediately and many of these dilemmas can even be reversed. So please, 
be veg and do good, to save the planet and all the beings on it. 
http://www.parliament.gov.za/live/content.php?Item_ID=215&CommitteeID=51 
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/preparation-for-climate-displacement-too-slow-experts-say 
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