Climate change may increase conflict deaths, says IMF

FILE PHOTO: A Somali herdsman walks with his donkey past a rotting carcass in Garbaharey, southern Somalia January 23, 2006. REUTERS/David Mwangi/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Climate change is likely to worsen conflicts in fragile and war-torn states, resulting in higher death rates and greatly reduced GDP, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a report on Wednesday.

The World Bank each year revises a list of countries classed as "fragile and conflict-afflicted states," of which there are currently 39, and 21 are in Africa. Wednesday's report covers all 61 countries that have been on the list since 2006.