"The war against Iran is intensifying existing climate vulnerabilities and exposing the people of the region to an increasingly dangerous and nearly uninhabitable reality," write Sarah Yerkes and Alejandro Martin Rodriguez.

The latest exchange of fire raised fears that the war in Iran could reignite.

The United States and Iran have exchanged new strikes after a week in which President Donald Trump suggested that negotiations between them might be “over.”

Global markets and oil prices lurched after the United States and Iran traded new strikes. The conflict threatened lives throughout the region and foreign residents of Gulf…