ECCP Geneva Discussion: The Heat and the Fury, with Peter Schwartzstein

Dec 2, 2024 | Geneva Graduate Institute
Geneva, Switzerland
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Based on more than a decade of reporting from dozens of countries and an array of conflict zones, 'The Heat and the Fury' is an attempt to lay out the extent and, most importantly, the nature of climate's contribution to violence on the ground. It is written in part to introduce the subject to the casual reader––and, as such, tells as much of the story as possible through the experiences of the farmers, fighters, and regular families in the eye of this 'storm.' But, with its emphasis on how climate and environmental stresses are interacting with other drivers of instability, such as corruption, inequality, and misinformation, it is also very much geared towards climate security practitioners. In this example-heavy talk, Peter Schwartzstein will touch on his book's key themes and what he deems to be some of the less covered, less known, and less understood areas within the field.