Insurgency, terrorism and organised crime in a warming climate : analysing the links between climate change and non-state armed groups / authors Katharina Nett, Lukas Rüttinger.

Cover title.
“October 2016”.
“Supported by Federal Foreign Office ; Adelphi”—cover page.
“Climate Diplomacy”—cover page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Abbreviation—Executive summary—I. introduction—II. Non-state armed groups : new actors in the global conflict arena—III. Climate change as a risk multiplier—IV. Case studies—V. climate change, fragility and conflict-with implications of NSAGS?—VI. Policy implications and recommendations—VII. Conclusions.

Summary: “Over the past ten years, both our understanding and awareness of the links between climate change and security have increased tremendously. Today the UN, the EU, the G7 and an increasing number of states have classified climate change as a threat to global and/or national security. However, the links between climate change, conflict and fragility are not simple and linear. The increasing impacts of climate change do not automatically lead to more fragility and conflict. Rather, climate change acts as a threat multiplier. It interacts and converges with other existing risks and pressures in a given context and can increase the likelihood of fragility or violent conflict…”—(page iii).

English