Climate Change: DU Professor Explores Link between Climate Change and Armed Conflict

Jul 2, 2019 | Alyssa Hurst, University of Denver
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Conflict and climate change have been linked for decades, with Pentagon-commissioned studies predicting a range of dark scenarios — from shooting wars in South Asia and civil war in China to the breakup of the European Union. Although climate change remains a significant threat to peace, the picture may not be quite so dire, says the University of Denver’s Cullen Hendrix, an associate professor in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and director of the Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy. He lent his expertise to a recently published study in the renowned scientific journal Nature.