Climate Conflict : How Global Warming Threatens Security and What to Do About...

Climate Conflict : How Global Warming Threatens Security and What to Do About It, Paperback by Mazo, Jeffrey, ISBN 041559118X, ISBN-13 9780415591188, Like New Used, Free shipping in the USMazo, editor of the International Institute for Strategic Studies journal Survival: Global Politics and Strategy, examines the social and security threats posed by climate change that will occur over the next two to three decades and identifies priority areas for future research on this problem. He addresses the interaction between human society and climate, the dynamics of state stability and state failure, and the link between conflict and resource scarcity, with examples of historical conflicts and societal failures impacted by resource scarcity and environmental factors, as well as the modern climate-change conflict in Darfur. He also assesses the risks of internal and inter-state conflict in different parts of the world and discusses the probable consequences of climate-related instability and its implications for security policy of states and transnational organizations. No index is provided. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()