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Climate–conflict nexus

Nature Climate Change volume 3, page 15 (2013)Cite this article

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Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. 109, 18344–18349 (2012)

Previous studies have shown a positive impact of climatic variability on the risk of conflict in sub-Saharan Africa, with temperature as the strongest driver of violence. However, the lack of thorough geographical considerations challenges those results.

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  1. Monica Contestabile
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Contestabile, M. Climate–conflict nexus. Nature Clim Change 3, 15 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1799

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