Syria: Drought Helped Cause Syria’s War. Will Climate Change Bring More Like It?

Sep 10, 2013 | Brad Plumer, Washington Post
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Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell are co-founders of the D.C.-based Center for Climate and Security, a think tank focused on the interactions between climate change and security issues. In recent years, they've published a number of reports looking at the environmental roots of both the Arab Spring and the ongoing civil war in Syria.