Droughts as Triggers for Civil War: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications

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2009 (Presenter Mark Levy, Deputy Director of the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)) - An investigation into the spatial and temporal patterns of civil war onset reveals that severe shortfalls in rainfall significantly increase the risk of civil war in the affected region during the subsequent year. This finding has implications for peacebuilding activities such as early warning, livelihood support, and conflict management. This lecture was recorded at "Water Scarcity and Conflict," the Elizabeth Babbott Conant Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment at Connecticut College on April 3 and 4, 2009. https://www.conncoll.edu/academics/majors-departments-programs/majors-and-minors/goodwin-niering-center-for-the-environment/conferences/water-scarcity--conflict/

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