Climate–conflict research: some reflections on the way forward
Abstract
A decade of systematic research on climate change and armed conflict has revealed a number of interesting patterns but few results that are robust across studies. This essay takes stock of the quantitative empirical literature, identifies central limitations, and presents five priorities for future research in the field. While these priorities refer to technical and operational aspects of statistical analysis, their underlying motivation, and objective, is to develop a better and more refined theoretical understanding of possible indirect and conditional connections between climatic changes and violent conflict. WIREs Clim Change 2015, 6:269–275. doi: 10.1002/wcc.336
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Feb 18, 2015
- Source ID
- 10.1002/wcc.336
Entities
People
- Halvard Buhaug
Organizations
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Research Council of Norway
- United States Army Research Laboratory