Crises, wars and conflicts

Der Einsatz gegen den Klimawandel ist eines der zentralen Handlungsfelder im Kampf gegen die weltweite Armut und damit auch gegen mögliche Fluchtursachen der Zukunft. Das ist eine der zentralen Botschaften der von der Bundesregierung eingesetzten Fachkommission Fluchtursachen, die...

The new Peace Report, which focuses on the impacts of climate change, has been released. Professor Ursula Schröder from the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) and Professor Jürgen Scheffran from Universität Hamburg’s Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN)...

In Nigeria, the terrorist organization Boko Haram is seeking to create an “Islamic state.” For more than a decade, there have been repeated attacks on churches, public places and educational institutes. Violent clashes between these extremists and the military are common, and the conflict has...

Prof. Dr. Anita Engels is a social scientist and Co-Speaker of the Cluster of Excellence for climate research CLICCS. In the following, she responds to the comparison between the coronavirus crisis and the climate crisis, a topic that is now being frequently discussed:

Is the coronavirus crisis...

Researchers have found strong evidence that the risk for armed conflict is higher after a climate-related disaster, but only in vulnerable countries.

Lead author Tobias Ide from the University of Melbourne said the disasters include storms, floods and droughts – the frequency and intensity of...

Our climate can influence the risk of armed conflicts. Although to date, other factors have had a significantly larger effect, international researchers expect the additional conflict risk posed by climate change to increase several fold in the future.

This is the verdict of a new study...

In the region surrounding the River Jordan, the conditions are arid – a fact that is already a problem for the countries there, and one that climate change will only make worse. When two countries share the same river, such crises can often only be resolved by finding cross-border solutions...