1. Climate Change, Response, and Mass Atrocities
- Author:
- Tallan Donine, Madeleine Maclean, and Daniel Solomon
- Publication Date:
- 01-2024
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Abstract:
- This paper aims to stimulate and frame discussion during the Sudikoff Interdisciplinary Seminar on Genocide Prevention about the relationship between climate change, climate response, and mass atrocities. Based on a review of relevant research, the paper surveys current knowledge about how factors related to (1) climate change and (2) climate response measures might contribute to the risk and prevention of mass atrocities. In the coming decade, climate change will pose significant risks for communities around the world (Buhaug et al. 2023). Mitigation and adaptation measures taken in response to these risks will occupy a large amount of international attention and have important consequences for global political events. Effective action to help prevent and respond to mass atrocities will require clear analysis of the risks and opportunities that these trends present.
- Topic:
- Climate Change, Atrocities, Adaptation, and Atrocity Prevention
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus