I reported in this Blog on 25 January on the prospects for coverage of the link between climate and conflict in the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), scheduled for release in 2021–22. The number of chapters in the report for Working Group II has been cut to 18,… Read more »
Author: Nils Petter Gleditsch
Nils Petter Gleditsch is Research Professor at PRIO, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and former Editor of the Journal of Peace Research. For many years, he spearheaded PRIO's research on environmental security.
Conflict and Insecurity in the IPCC
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is headed towards another round of assessing the world’s climate and how it affects our lives and livelihoods. Last September, the outline of the Sixth Assessment Report was approved and now the selection of authors is underway. ‘Climate change is fuelling wars across the world’. Thus, a heading… Read more »