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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 18, 2015
Accession Number
AD1024683

Entities

People

  • Halvard Buhaug

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Climate Change
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Human Behavior
  • Local Governments
  • Military Research
  • Political Movements
  • Societies
  • Standards
  • State Governments
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Violence

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design