Unstable Ground: Climate Change, Conflict, and Genocide (Studies in Genocide: Religion, History, and Human Rights)

Unstable Ground looks at the human impact of climate change and its potential to provoke some of the most troubling crimes against humanity—ethnic conflict, war, and genocide. Alex Alvarez provides an essential overview of what science has shown to be true about climate change and examines how our warming world will challenge and stress societies and heighten the risk of mass violence. Drawing on a number of recent and historic examples, including Darfur, Syria, and the current migration crisis, this book illustrates the thorny intersections of climate change and violence. The author doesn't claim causation but makes a compelling case that changing environmental circumstances can be a critical factor in facilitating violent conflict. As research suggests climate change will continue and accelerate, understanding how it might contribute to violence is essential in understanding how to prevent it. Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1: Making Sense of Climate Change -- Chapter 2: On the Origins of Violent Conflict: War and the Genocidal Impulse -- Chapter 3: Linking Climate Change and Conflict -- Chapter 4: Water, Violent Conflict, and Genocide -- Chapter 5: Forced Displacement and Borders in a Warming World -- Chapter 6: Preventing Conflict and Building Resilience "Unstable Ground looks at the human impact of climate change and its potential to provoke some of the most troubling crimes against humanity -- ethnic conflict, war, and genocide. The author examines the ways in which resources and global migration patterns will be impacted by climate change and create conditions conducive to violent conflict"-- Provided by publisher "Looks at the human impact of climate change and its potential to provoke genocide, addressing future conflict over resources and global migration challenges"-- Provided by publisher