Tensions over climate change

The evidence is clear that climate change does contribute to increased conflict, but along indirect pathways. There are a variety of context ...

The Climate Crisis – A Race We Can Win - the United Nations

The effects of climate change heighten competition for resources such as land, food, and water, fueling socioeconomic tensions and, increasingly often, leading ...

Climate and conflict | ICRC

Climate change and conflict continue to cause massive suffering among people by intensifying inequality. Addressing climate risks in conflict settings.

Climate, Environment and Conflict | Crisis Group

The relationship between climate change and deadly conflict is complex and context-specific, but it is undeniable that climate change is a threat multiplier ...

Does climate change make conflict more likely? - Greenly

Climate change can exacerbate social inequalities, leading to unrest and conflict. Vulnerable populations, often the poorest, face the brunt of ...

Seven things you need to know about climate change and conflict

2. Climate change does not directly cause conflict, but... Scientists generally agree that climate change does not directly cause armed conflict ...

Five ways the climate crisis impacts human security | United Nations

1. Climate change intensifies competition over land and water · 2. Climate change affects food production and drives up hunger · 3. Climate change forces people ...

Climate Change and the Developing World: A Disproportionate Impact

By 2050, more than 143 million people could be driven from their homes by conflict over food and water insecurity and climate-driven natural disasters according ...

Wars, Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Coups, and Economic ...

Finding No. 1: “Geopolitical tensions are likely to grow as countries increasingly argue about how to accelerate the reductions in net ...

How Climate Change Will Affect Conflict and U.S. Military Operations

Climate stress will become more intense and more frequent throughout its area of operations. It may be called upon less to fight wars, and more ...

4 ways geopolitical tensions are increasing carbon emissions

The ripple effects of geopolitical tensions and conflicts are felt across politics, society and the environment. · In 2024, we will face major ...

Climate Crisis - United States Department of State

Failing to keep the goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius alive will produce more extreme events such as heat waves, floods, storms, wildfires, and droughts; ...

Does climate change cause armed conflict? | Stanford Report

Synthesizing views across experts, the study estimates climate has influenced between 3% and 20% of armed conflict risk over the last century ...

Climate change, conflict and health - PMC

Many analysts link climate change with a heightened risk of conflict via causal pathways which involve diminishing or changing resource availability.

Climate change and conflict | Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Most evidence is actually found for climate effects on existing conflict dynamics rather than onset of new wars. One reason for this pattern is ...

Climate change risks new violent conflict. How to respond?

As climate change amplifies weather disasters and destabilizes food and water supplies, recent research is confirming its effects on the ...

Climate, Conflict, and COP28: The Burden on Unstable Regions

While there is insufficient evidence that climate change directly induces ...

Does climate change cause conflict? | International Growth Centre

A 2017 IGC study using data from Africa estimates a one standard deviation increase in temperature causes a 10.8% average increase in conflict ...

Does Climate Change Increase Risk of Conflict?

By itself, climate change may not cause conflict, but climate change could indirectly increase the risk of conflict.

Climate change and displacement | UNHCR

The majority of people forcibly displaced by persecution, conflict and violence today live in countries that are highly vulnerable and ill-prepared to adapt to ...