Climate Conflict - How Global Warming Threatens Security and What to Do About It

Sommario

Introduction 1. Global Warming and Climate Change 2. Climate and History 3. Darfur: The First Modern Climate-Change Conflict 4. Conflict, Instability and State Failure: The Climate Factor 5. Climate Change and Security 6. Conclusion Glossary Notes

Info autore

Jeffrey Mazo is Managing Editor of Survival: Global Politics and Strategy , the bi-monthly journal of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Riassunto

Climate change has been a key factor in the rise and fall of societies and states from prehistory to the recent fighting in the Sudanese state of Darfur. The countries which will face increased risk are not necessarily the most fragile, nor those which will suffer the greatest physical effects of climate change.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jeffrey Mazo, Mazo Jeffrey
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138452527
• ISBN: 978-1-138-45252-7
• Pagine: 168
• Serie: Adelphi series
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Politica e sua amministrazione; HISTORY / Military / General, Warfare & defence, Warfare and defence