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SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) — Rapid global warming poses a variety of security threats to the Asia Pacific region that have been "seriously underestimated," a new study says.

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The report, released Tuesday by a Sydney-based think tank, paints a grim scenario of disease, food and water shortages, natural disasters, territorial tensions and mass population movements threatening political stability in the region.

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