German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Silja Klepp / Christiane Fröhlich

Migration and Conflict in a Global Warming Era: A Political Understanding of Climate Change

Social Sciences | MDPI AG | 2019

Regional Institutes

GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies

Research Programmes

Peace and Security

Series

Social Sciences

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/socsci/special_issues/migration_conflict_globalwarming

Silja Klepp

Dr. Christiane Fröhlich

Senior Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson

T. +49 40 42825-621 christiane.froehlich@giga-hamburg.de

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Refugee Perspectives on Migration Policy: Lessons from the Middle East

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Mustafa Hatip

Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

Rand Shamaa

Mouran Tourkmani

GIGA Focus Africa | 2/2020

A Heated Debate: Climate Change and Conflict in Africa

Existing research largely sees climate change as a “threat multiplier,” and perceives high poverty and low state capability as more influential drivers of conflict. This GIGA Focus contributes to the heated debate about the connection between climate change and conflict in Africa.