Climate Change and Violence: Insights from Political Science
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The aim of this review is to understand the state of the art of research related to climate change and collectively organized violence from a broad political science perspective. An increasing share of quantitative studies find a link between weather anomalies and violence for some forms of violence, but the directions are not always consistent and the mechanisms are not satisfactorily understood. Non-naturalist scholars note important reservations. Important improvements have been made during the last few years, but much remains to conclude that climate change will increase the risk of violence. An increased focus on the political consequences of adaptation and mitigation is needed.
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Most studies of outbreak of armed conflict typically find only weak climate effects.
“In contrast, most studies of outbreak of armed conflict typically find only weak climate effects (e.g.,94, 101, 172, 173).”
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- Authors
- Theisen, O. M.
- Affiliations
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Corresponding author
- Theisen, Ole Magnus
- ORCID
- Theisen, Ole Magnus
- Venue
- Current Climate Change Reports
- Published
- 2017-10-24
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 210-221
- ISSN
- 2198-6061 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2765248255
- Cited by
- 58
- References
- 108
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 14.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Current Climate Change Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Norges Forskningsråd (240315/F10)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Keywords
- climate change, collective violence, weather anomalies, climate and conflict, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, climate security
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