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Regions vulnerable to climate change - findings and methodological considerations

Sonnsjö, Hannes LU orcid (2011)
Abstract
The impacts of climate change will not be evenly spread around the globe.
Instead, several studies point to some specific regions that are argued to be
particularly vulnerable or prone to climate change-related conflict (‘hotspots’)
The overarching aim of this report is to describe these regions and to look at the
underlying methodology used by those studies when identifying the regional
‘hotspots.’ Special attention is paid to the specific impacts of climate change that
the studies considered, which security approaches they adopted, the time-frames
or climate scenarios used and whether there are additional transformation
processes or converging trends. The analysis is structured on four general
themes:... (More)
The impacts of climate change will not be evenly spread around the globe.
Instead, several studies point to some specific regions that are argued to be
particularly vulnerable or prone to climate change-related conflict (‘hotspots’)
The overarching aim of this report is to describe these regions and to look at the
underlying methodology used by those studies when identifying the regional
‘hotspots.’ Special attention is paid to the specific impacts of climate change that
the studies considered, which security approaches they adopted, the time-frames
or climate scenarios used and whether there are additional transformation
processes or converging trends. The analysis is structured on four general
themes: biophysical exposure, environmental degradation, socio-economic
vulnerabilities and history of violence. In sum, based on their respective security
implications deriving from the impacts of climate change, the resulting nine
regions are examined: the Arctic, South-East & Eastern Europe, the Southern
Mediterranean, the Sahel zone, Southern Africa, South-West Asia, Central Asia,
East Asia, and South America. (Less)
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environmental degradation, vulnerability, climate change, security, conflict, hotspot
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62 pages
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Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut (FOI)
report number
FOI-R--3308--SE
language
English
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  abstract     = {{The impacts of climate change will not be evenly spread around the globe.<br>
Instead, several studies point to some specific regions that are argued to be<br>
particularly vulnerable or prone to climate change-related conflict (‘hotspots’)<br>
The overarching aim of this report is to describe these regions and to look at the<br>
underlying methodology used by those studies when identifying the regional<br>
‘hotspots.’ Special attention is paid to the specific impacts of climate change that<br>
the studies considered, which security approaches they adopted, the time-frames<br>
or climate scenarios used and whether there are additional transformation<br>
processes or converging trends. The analysis is structured on four general<br>
themes: biophysical exposure, environmental degradation, socio-economic<br>
vulnerabilities and history of violence. In sum, based on their respective security<br>
implications deriving from the impacts of climate change, the resulting nine<br>
regions are examined: the Arctic, South-East &amp; Eastern Europe, the Southern<br>
Mediterranean, the Sahel zone, Southern Africa, South-West Asia, Central Asia,<br>
East Asia, and South America.}},
  author       = {{Sonnsjö, Hannes}},
  institution  = {{Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut (FOI)}},
  keywords     = {{environmental degradation; vulnerability; climate change; security; conflict; hotspot}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{FOI-R--3308--SE}},
  title        = {{Regions vulnerable to climate change - findings and methodological considerations}},
  url          = {{https://www.foi.se/rest-api/report/FOI-R--3308--SE}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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