
Instead, environmental change is expected to result in resource scarcities in countries whose response capacities are limited.

Conflict is not expected to be a direct result of rising temperatures, decreased and more variable rainfall, changes in vegetation, and other environmental factors.

This project will provide scientific evidence about environmental effects related to violence across Africa south of the Sahara and will examine how environmental changes are affecting the lives of ordinary people. This interdisciplinary research project focuses on widespread claims that environmental change will lead to more conflict in vulnerable areas of the world, especially in Africa south of the Sahara.
