Climate Change, Environmental, Migration, and Conflict: The Case of Egypt and Sudan

Abstract

Does climate change cause migration, and if so, are areas that host environmental migrants more prone to conflict? Using Sudan and Egypt as case studies, this thesis examines the effects of climate change on migration and how that influx of people leads, or fails to lead, to conflict. This research determines that climate change can, but does not necessarily, cause migration, and that environmental migrants can add stress to already volatile situations but are unlikely to cause conflict as a sole variable. Despite this uncertain linkage between climate change and conflict, it is still important that we take actions to address climate change before conditions deteriorate to the point that it constitutes a more severe security threat.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1127126

Entities

People

  • Jacob J. Torba

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Africa
  • Case Studies
  • Climate Change
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Droughts
  • Ecology
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Labor Markets
  • Middle East
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Natural Resources
  • Sea Level
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Security
  • Storm Surges
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • Water Resources
  • Water Supplies

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.