Rather than being a standalone danger, climate change interacts with existing social, political, and economic tensions. Military and security experts use this lens to analyze how environmental stressors lead to:

: Droughts and floods directly impact food and water supplies, leading to price spikes and civil unrest.

"The Age of Consequences" is a critical framework for understanding how climate change transcends environmental science to become a core issue of . Most notably popularized by a 2016 documentary, this concept explores how ecological shifts act as "threat multipliers" that trigger cascading societal failures. The Core Concept: Climate as a "Threat Multiplier"

: Rising sea levels and permanent land loss (notably in regions like Bangladesh) are projected to displace tens of millions, creating unprecedented refugee crises.