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Conclusions and Outlook: Research Results and Research Needs

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Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict

Part of the book series: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace ((HSHES,volume 8))

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The authors of this volume argue that research into the effects of climate change on human security, on societal stability, and on violent conflict is still in its early stages. There is, as yet, little in terms of established knowledge beyond the generally accepted proposition that climate change, if extensive, will have major effects on people, societies, states, and the international system.

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    Jürgen Scheffran

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  4. Research Group Climate Change and Security (CLISEC), Institute of Geography, KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg, Grindelberg 7, Grindelberg 7, # 2014, D-20144, Hamburg, Germany

    P. Michael Link & Janpeter Schilling

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Scheffran, J., Brzoska, M., Brauch, H.G., Link, P.M., Schilling, J. (2012). Conclusions and Outlook: Research Results and Research Needs. In: Scheffran, J., Brzoska, M., Brauch, H., Link, P., Schilling, J. (eds) Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28626-1_38

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