Searching for Climate-Conflict Links
Publisher: Nature
Author(s): Cullen Hendrix
Date: 2018
Topics: Climate Change, Conflict Causes, Governance, Land, Renewable Resources
Environmental scarcity caused by climate change has been implicated as a driver of violent conflict. Now, research shows significant bias in the regions analysed for climate–conflict links. This may limit understanding of the socioeconomic and political conditions in which such conflict occurs, and how these conflicts could be prevented.