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Some Climate Shocks Can Increase the Likelihood of War

Researchers warn against oversimplifying climate change’s role in conflicts. But some conditions can increase the likelihood of violence, a new study finds.

By Bob Berwyn

People flee a U.N. base, where gunmen opened fire on South Sudanese civilians sheltering inside, in the town of Malakal on Feb. 18, 2016. Scientists tracing links between climate impacts and conflicts found that some regions can tip toward violence when they reach extreme drought tipping points. Credit: Justin Lynch/AFP via Getty Images
Kurdistan Workers’ Party fighters plant trees in the Qandil Mountains. Experts see an opportunity for environmental restoration after a long conflict between the group and Turkey ended last year. Credit: Kurdishstruggle/CC BY 2.0

War Harms the Environment. Can a Peace Treaty Repair the Damage?

By Jaylan Sims

An oil tanker navigates the Strait of Hormuz on April 28. Credit: Asghar Besharati/Getty Images

How Oil Fuels Conflict and War—and Who Profits

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

An Afghan girl carries empty containers to collect water, as a younger child looks on, in Sakhi village on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif during a 2018 drought. Credit: Farshad Usyan/AFP via Getty Images

Warming Trends: A Delay in Autumn Leaves, More Bad News for Corals and the Vicious Cycle of War and Eco-Destruction

By Katelyn Weisbrod

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