MOSCOW. (Viktor Danilov-Danilyan for RIA...
will be among the most attractive host countries.Permanent water shortages can be expected as early as in the 2030s. If mass migrations set in by the end of the century, as predicted, it is hard to say what will become of established social systems. Developed countries will certainly not welcome mass immigration, with the threat of living standards getting down.
But how will they manage to stop immigration? Undemocratic ways, even downright cruelty, will be inevitable. The deathly global alternative will disastrously destabilize politics. Humankind will abandon spiritual values in the biological crisis. Democracy-even human nature-might be lost. This is what climate change may bring.
Other critics of the Kyoto Protocol criticize it for setting the goal of reducing pollution by only 5%. Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, said its goals were small while radical steps were necessary. That would be too good to be true. After all, even such modest
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