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Climate change, human security and violent conflict.

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dc.contributor.author Barnett, Jon
dc.contributor.author Adger, W Neil
dc.date.accessioned 2021-12-02T02:30:51Z
dc.date.available 2021-12-02T02:30:51Z
dc.date.issued 2007
dc.identifier.citation doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2007.03.003 en_US
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/1048
dc.description 16 p. en_US
dc.description.abstract Climate change is increasingly been called a ‘security’ problem, and there has been speculation that climate change may increase the risk of violent conflict. This paper integrates three disparate but well founded bodies of research e on the vulnerability of local places and social groups to climate change, on livelihoods and violent conflict, and the role of the state in development and peacemaking, to offer new insights into the relationships between climate change, human security, and violent conflict. It explains that climate change increasingly undermines human security in the present day, and will increasingly do so in the future, by reducing access to, and the quality of, natural resources that are important to sustain livelihoods. Climate change is also likely to undermine the capacity of states to provide the opportunities and services that help people to sustain their livelihoods. We argue that in certain circumstances these direct and indirect impacts of climate change on human security may in turn increase the risk of violent conflict. The paper then outlines the broad contours of a research programme to guide empirical investigations into the risks climate change poses to human security and peace. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Elsevier en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Political geography;26 (2007) 639e655
dc.subject Climate change en_US
dc.subject human security en_US
dc.subject violent conflict en_US
dc.subject state functions en_US
dc.title Climate change, human security and violent conflict. en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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