Climate Change: Why Climate Change Could Spark Conflict

Jul 21, 2022 | Jack Graham, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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From record-breaking and deadly heatwaves in western Europe to a severe drought in the Horn of Africa, the impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly clear and concerning. But experts say insufficient attention is being paid to the knock-on effects of extreme weather events, and warn that they could jeopardise already fragile political stability around the globe by fuelling mass migration, food insecurity, and conflict.