I saw this headline in the Jerusalem Post over the weekend:

Climate change may act as ‘threat multiplier’ in strife-torn Middle East, study shows

An excerpt:

The report, “Rising Temperatures, Rising Tensions: Climate Change and the Risk of Violent Conflict in the Middle East,” was written by the Canada-based International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), which attempted to examine potential scenarios caused by climate change and how they would affect Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, Syria and Lebanon.
The report was released in Israel at a press conference arranged by the Danish Embassy, the IISD, and Friends of the Earth Middle East.
The Middle East is already the most water-scarce region in the world, with demand outstripping supply in most places. Rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns as a result of climate change could exacerbate the situation considerably, report authors Oli Brown and Alec Crawford wrote. Increasing water scarcity could drive a whole series of security threats into the region.

How about a report on what happens to the Middle East if the world stops using Middle East oil to combat global warming? Now there’s a “threat multiplier.”