A report from CIBC World Markets recently predicted the stock market might fall 10 % — 15 % this summer due to a confluence of
factors, including a weak U.S. housing market, increasing fiscal strain, expensive oil prices, sluggish corporate earnings growth and disruptions in
global supply chains
stemming from the Japanese crisis.
The Obama administration considered
global warming a national security threat, and top officials often repeated the claim that violence in Syria, and the rise of ISIS,
stemmed from climate
factors.