Climate Change: Unpacking Climate, Conflict and Crisis in Peter Schwartzstein's 'The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence'

Dec 18, 2024 | Usman Butt, New Arab
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In his new book The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence, war and climate reporter Peter Schwartzstein explores the complex relationship between climate change, conflict, and political tensions. He challenges the often-repeated notion that only a thin veneer of civilisation separates us from a Lord of the Flies-style "war of all against all." Peter argues, as he writes in the book, that there is a wealth of evidence to the contrary: very few people actually welcome clashes.