Purpose of Review

After nearly 15 years of study, what do we know about the relationship between climate change and security? How can scholars of climate and security inform the world of practice? These questions animate this article, with an eye towards avoiding the twin traps of policy incoherence and academic irrelevance.

Recent Findings

The last 15 years of study has focused on whether climate change is directly correlated with the onset of violent internal conflict. That being inconclusive, the literature has now productively turned to studying the indirect pathways and mediating factors between climate and social conflict, including but not limited to armed violence.

Summary

I focus on five different causal pathways and mediating factors that represent the frontier of research on the study of climate and conflict. These include agricultural production and food prices, economic growth, migration, disasters, and international and domestic institutions.

中文翻译：

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盘点：气候与安全领域

审查目的

经过近15年的研究，我们对气候变化与安全之间的关系了解多少？气候与安全学者如何向实践世界介绍？这些问题使本文充满生气，并着眼于避免政策不一致和学术不相关的双重陷阱。

最近的发现

最近的15年研究集中在气候变化是否与暴力内部冲突的发生直接相关。鉴于此尚无定论，现在文献已富有成效地转向研究气候与社会冲突（包括但不限于武装暴力）之间的间接途径和中介因素。

概要

我将重点介绍代表气候与冲突研究前沿的五种不同的因果途径和中介因子。其中包括农业生产和粮食价格，经济增长，移民，灾难以及国际和国内机构。