Buhaug, H, Nordkvelle, J, Bernauer, T, Böhmelt, T, Brzoska, M, Busby, J W, Ciccone, A, Fjelde, H, Gartzke, E, Gleditsch, N P, Goldstone, J A, Hegre, H, Holtermann, H, Koubi, V, Link, J S A, Link, P M, Lujala, P, O'Loughlin, J, Raleigh, C, Scheffran, J, Schilling, J, Smith, T G, Theisen, O M, Tol, R S J, Urdal, H and von Uexkull, N (2014) One effect to rule them all? A comment on climate and conflict. Climatic Change, 127 (3-4). pp. 391-397. ISSN 0165-0009

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Abstract

A recent Climatic Change review article reports a remarkable convergence of scientific evidence for a link between climatic events and violent intergroup conflict, thus departing markedly from other contemporary assessments of the empirical literature. This commentary revisits the review in order to understand the discrepancy. We believe the origins of the disagreement can be traced back to the review article’s underlying quantitative meta-analysis, which suffers from shortcomings with respect to sample selection and analytical coherence. A modified assessment that addresses some of these problems suggests that scientific research on climate and conflict to date has produced mixed and inconclusive results.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Business, Management and Economics > Economics
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography > GF051 Environmental influences on humans
Depositing User:	Richard Tol
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2014 10:24
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2015 09:23
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/50748

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