Climate change and violent conflict

Jürgen Scheffran; Michael Brzoska; Jasmin Kominek; P Michael Link; Janpeter Schilling

doi:10.1126/science.1221339

Climate change and violent conflict

Science. 2012 May 18;336(6083):869-71. doi: 10.1126/science.1221339.

Authors

Jürgen Scheffran¹, Michael Brzoska, Jasmin Kominek, P Michael Link, Janpeter Schilling

Affiliation

¹ Research Group Climate Change and Security, Institute of Geography and KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg, Grindelberg 5, D-20144 Hamburg, Germany. juergen.scheffran@zmaw.de

PMID: 22605765
DOI: 10.1126/science.1221339

Abstract

Current debates over the relation between climate change and conflict originate in a lack of data, as well as the complexity of pathways connecting the two phenomena.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aggression
Climate Change*
Conflict, Psychological*
Conservation of Natural Resources
Data Collection
Databases, Factual
Humans
Politics
Socioeconomic Factors
Violence*