Societal drought vulnerability and the Syrian climate-conflict nexus are better explained by agriculture than meteorology

Lina Eklund; Ole Magnus Theisen; Matthias Baumann; Andreas Forø Tollefsen; Tobias Kuemmerle; Jonas Østergaard Nielsen

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00405-w

Communications Earth & Environment (Apr 2022)

Societal drought vulnerability and the Syrian climate-conflict nexus are better explained by agriculture than meteorology

Lina Eklund,
Ole Magnus Theisen,
Matthias Baumann,
Andreas Forø Tollefsen,
Tobias Kuemmerle,
Jonas Østergaard Nielsen

Affiliations

Lina Eklund: Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University
Ole Magnus Theisen: Department of Sociology and Political science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Dragvoll
Matthias Baumann: Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Andreas Forø Tollefsen: Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Tobias Kuemmerle: Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Jonas Østergaard Nielsen: Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00405-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Syrian agriculture recovered after the 2007-2009 drought, before the 2011 civil conflict, according to remotely sensed data on agricultural activity in Syria, which calls into question the influence of climate stress on migration and conflict risk.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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