Jürgen Scheffran co-authors Nature article on climate and conflict
12 June 2019
CLISEC Chair Jürgen Scheffran is co-author of an article in Nature on "Climate as a risk factor for armed conflict". It is based on an extensive expert elicitation organized by the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment to explore differences and common ground in the climate-conflict controversy, using quantitative and qualitative approaches.
Mach KJ, Kraan CM, Adger WN, Buhaug H, Burke M, Fearon JD, Field CB, Hendrix CS, Maystadt JF, O’Loughlin J, Roessler P, Scheffran J, Schultz KA, von Uexkull N (2019): Climate as a risk factor for armed conflict; Nature, Advance Online Publication (June 12, 2019). SharedIt: https://rdcu.be/bGuAV
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1300-6 ; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1300-6 ;
Supplementary information at: https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41586-019-1300-6/MediaObjects/41586_2019_1300_MOESM1_ESM.pdf
Additional comprehensive documents of expert elicitation at Stanford Digital Repository: https://purl.stanford.edu/sy632nx6578
Nature Editorial: Finding Consensus
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01830-2
Press releases:
Stanford University:
https://news.stanford.edu/2019/06/12/climate-change-cause-armed-conflict/
Universität Hamburg: