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Title:Climate change and civil war
Author:Davis, CarmelISNI
Year:2010
Periodical:African Security Review (ISSN 2154-0128)
Volume:19
Issue:1
Pages:64-72
Language:English
Geographic terms:Africa
world
Subjects:climate change
civil wars
agricultural production
External link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10246021003736658
Abstract:The author uses the 'greed' explanation of civil war developed by Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler (2004) to argue that one channel by which global climate change will affect security is through an increased probability of civil war. The argument is that global climate change will reduce economic growth in some areas, particularly in the developing world (most probably Africa and South Asia), which will reduce the opportunity cost of war for potential insurgents. The author focuses on agriculture because of its close relationship with the climate and economic growth. Notes, ref., sum. (p. VII). [Journal abstract]
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