Book/Printed Material Pathways from climate change to conflict in U.S. Central Command Pathways from climate change to conflict in United States Central Command

Title

• Pathways from climate change to conflict in U.S. Central Command

Other Title

• Pathways from climate change to conflict in United States Central Command

Summary

• An analysis of how climate change could lead to conflict is presented in this report. Although climate-related conflict can occur anywhere in the world, the focus of this report is on how this process has occurred and continues to evolve in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR). Much of the CENTCOM AOR is already coping with environmental stress caused by climate change and environmental management practices. Many of the factors associated with conflict (such as weak institutions and hybrid regimes) are present in the AOR, leaving the region vulnerable to the phenomenon of climate-related conflict. The authors begin by presenting an examination of what the academic literature identifies as causal pathways that lead from climate hazards to different types of conflict: intrastate conflict (also known as civil conflict) and interstate conflict. After identifying the causal pathways, the authors analyze three cases of climate-related conflict in the CENTCOM AOR. The purpose of this research is to support CENTCOM leadership, planners, and intelligence officers to prepare for a future security environment that is affected by climate change. Understanding the causal pathways from climate change to conflict should enable CENTCOM to anticipate how changes in the physical environment may reverberate in the security environment and when an area may be on a path to conflict or full-blown war that could lead to CENTCOM intervention. The report is the second in a series focused on climate change and the security environment.

Names

• Chandler, Nathan, 1982- author
• Martini, Jeffrey, author
• Sudkamp, Karen M., author
• Habib, Maggie, author
• Sacks, Benjamin J., author
• Tariq, Zohan Hasan, author
• Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division
• Rand Corporation
• United States. Central Command

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2023]

Contents

• Introduction to Conflict and Climate Change -- Potential Causal Pathways from Climate Change to Conflict -- Illustrative Case Studies of Causal Pathways.

Headings

• -  Climatic changes--United States
• -  Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)
• -  Security, International--Environmental aspects
• -  Natural disasters
• -  natural disasters
• -  United States.--Central Command
• -  Climatic changes
• -  Food security
• -  Food supply
• -  Water security
• -  Water-supply

Notes

• -  "RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE"
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-57)
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (ix, 57 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• QC903.2.U6

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024738985

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024738985

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024738985

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