Climate-change disasters increase risk of armed conflict (IMAGE)

University of Melbourne

Climate-change disasters increase risk of armed conflict

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Climate change makes tense social and political situations even worse, such as in the Phillipines where recurrent disasters weakened government structures in contested regions, opening a space for rebel groups.

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