One effect to rule them all? A comment on climate and conflict

H. Buhaug; J. Nordkvelle; T. Bernauer; T. Böhmelt; M. Brzoska; J. W. Busby; A. Ciccone; H. Fjelde; E. Gartzke; N. P. Gleditsch; J. A. Goldstone; H. Hegre; H. Holtermann; V. Koubi; J. S.A. Link; P.M. Link; P. Lujala; J. O′Loughlin; C. Raleigh; J. Scheffran; C. J. Schilling; T. G. Smith; O. M. Theisen; R. S.J. Tol; H. Urdal; N. von Uexkull

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One effect to rule them all? A comment on climate and conflict

H. Buhaug^*, J. Nordkvelle, T. Bernauer, T. Böhmelt, M. Brzoska, J. W. Busby, A. Ciccone, H. Fjelde, E. Gartzke, N. P. Gleditsch, J. A. Goldstone, H. Hegre, H. Holtermann, V. Koubi, J. S.A. Link, P.M. Link, P. Lujala, J. O′Loughlin, C. Raleigh, J. ScheffranC. J. Schilling, T. G. Smith, O. M. Theisen, R. S.J. Tol, H. Urdal, N. von Uexkull

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A recent Climatic Change review article reports a remarkable convergence of scientific evidence for a link between climatic events and violent intergroup conflict, thus departing markedly from other contemporary assessments of the empirical literature. This commentary revisits the review in order to understand the discrepancy. We believe the origins of the disagreement can be traced back to the review article’s underlying quantitative meta-analysis, which suffers from shortcomings with respect to sample selection and analytical coherence. A modified assessment that addresses some of these problems suggests that scientific research on climate and conflict to date has produced mixed and inconclusive results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	391-397
Number of pages	7
Journal	Climatic Change
Volume	127
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-014-1266-1
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Buhaug, H., Nordkvelle, J., Bernauer, T., Böhmelt, T., Brzoska, M., Busby, J. W., Ciccone, A., Fjelde, H., Gartzke, E., Gleditsch, N. P., Goldstone, J. A., Hegre, H., Holtermann, H., Koubi, V., Link, J. S. A., Link, P. M., Lujala, P., O′Loughlin, J., Raleigh, C., ... von Uexkull, N. (2014). One effect to rule them all? A comment on climate and conflict. Climatic Change, 127(3-4), 391-397. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-014-1266-1

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