This public lecture focused on research on the links between extreme climate, economic development, and human violence, and its implications for our societies in the coming century.
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Life is a Lab Lecture: Climate and Conflict
Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, Norway
October 18, 2017
Does Climate Change Cause Conflict?Brookings Institution
Why thousands of elderly women are called ‘witches’ before being burned alive or knifed to death in AfricaMirror
Despite Murderous Attacks, Tanzania’s ‘Witches’ Fight for LandIndraStra
Young Kenyans are murdering elderly relatives they claim are witches, but it really has nothing to do with magical beliefsQuartz
This Is What Heat Does to Us and the EconomyBllomberg
Will Climate Change Destroy the Global Economy?Niskanen Center
Ich mach mir die Welt, wie sie mir nicht gefälltDer Spiegel
Ce qu’il faut savoir sur les changments climatiques, la violence et l’aggressivitéAgence Science Presse
How Economic Prosperity Spared WitchesUSA Today
Deutsche Bank maps climate change risks for investmentsSydney Morning Herald
El cambio climático nos hará un 23% más pobres a finales de sigloDiario Público
Civil WarPublished PaperPolitical Economy and Conflict2010
Warming Increases the Risk of Civil War in AfricaPublished PaperAfrican DevelopmentEnvironment and ClimatePolitical Economy and Conflict2009
Reconciling Temperature-conflict Results in KenyaWorking PaperAfrican DevelopmentEnvironment and ClimatePolitical Economy and Conflict2013
Temperature and violencePublished PaperEnvironment and ClimatePolitical Economy and ConflictResearch Methodology2014
Reconciling climate-conflict meta-analyses: reply to Buhaug et al.Published PaperAfrican DevelopmentEnvironment and ClimatePolitical Economy and ConflictResearch Methodology2014
Poverty and Witch KillingPublished PaperAfrican DevelopmentEnvironment and ClimatePolitical Economy and Conflict2005
Quantifying the Influence of Climate on Human ConflictPublished PaperEnvironment and ClimatePolitical Economy and ConflictResearch Methodology2013
Poverty and Crime in 19th Century GermanyPublished PaperEnvironment and ClimateOtherPolitical Economy and Conflict2006
Incorporating Climate Uncertainty into Estimates of Climate Change ImpactsPublished PaperEnvironment and ClimateOtherResearch Methodology2015
Global non-linear effect of temperature on economic productionPublished PaperAfrican DevelopmentEnvironment and Climate2015
Economic Shocks and Civil Conflict: An Instrumental Variables ApproachPublished PaperAfrican DevelopmentEnvironment and ClimatePolitical Economy and Conflict2004
Climate and ConflictOtherEnvironment and ClimatePolitical Economy and ConflictResearch Methodology2015
Weather and ViolenceNew York Times
Using Foreign Aid to Stop ConflictMarketplace
Do Conflicts Cause Poverty, or Vice Versa?VoxEU
Stop Conflict Before It StartsBloomberg
Climate, Conflict and Economic Development: The Next 50 YearsUniversity of Oslo, NorwayOctober 19, 2017
Climate, Conflict and DevelopmentColorado College, Colorado Springs, COMay 3, 2018
Civil War and Economic DevelopmentBoston, MA, USAJune 6, 2009
Understanding African Development: Trends and ProspectsSan Francisco, CA, USAMarch 9, 2013
Conflict, Climate, and African Development (Oxford)Oxford, UKMarch 18, 2013
Conflict, Climate, and African Development (Harvard)Cambridge, MA, USAApril 2, 2013
TEDxBerkeley talk: Climate, Conflict, and African DevelopmentZellerbach Hall, UC BerkeleyFebruary 8, 2014
International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC): The Economics of Civil WarSan Diego, CADecember 7, 2014
Annual Bank Conference on Africa (ABCA) 2015UC BerkeleyJune 8, 2015
Conflict, Climate + Development in AfricaZurich, SwitzerlandNovember 16, 2015
World Bank Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC) LectureWashington, DC USASeptember 15, 2015