Epicenters of Climate and Security: The New Geostrategic Landscape of the Anthropocene
Publisher: Center for Climate and Security
Author(s): Caitlin E. Werrell and Francesco Femia
Date: 2017
Topics: Climate Change, Conflict Causes, Conflict Prevention, Renewable Resources
Multilateral political treaties. Just-in-time supply chains. Internet server infrastructure. Each of these illustrates the complex web of interdependence and reciprocity in our globalized society. The threats and challenges that confront it are often just as complex, with climate change being a particularly wicked problem, as uncertainties are many, impacts are diffuse, and the risks are constantly evolving. The chapters in this volume explore the nature of epicenters of risk and highlight examples of how climate impacts can intersect, amplify and ripple across countries or regions in unexpected ways. Topics examine the central themes and drivers of the climate and security field – agriculture, energy, water, migration – but also look beyond the climate-conflict nexus, to connect the dots across sectors and examine unanticipated or under-explored climate impacts on the broader geostrategic landscape.