In an era of growing concern about the human impacts of climate change, the academic and
policy communities are paying increasing attention to the possible link between weather …

Do short-term climatic changes increase civil war risk? This question has been subject to
much scientific debate, prompted by a pair of PNAS studies that reached different …

ABSTRACT A recent paper by Burke et al.(henceforth “we”) finds a strong historical
relationship between warmerthan-average temperatures and the incidence of civil war in …

In a recent paper, we documented strong historical linkages between temperature and civil
conflict in Africa (1). Sutton et al.(2) raise two concerns with our findings: that the relationship …

“Warming increases the risk of civil war in Africa,” said Burke et al.(1). A more recent study by
Buhaug (2) that comes to different conclusions is dismissed on “econometric” grounds and …

We previously documented a link between climate variation and historical civil wars in sub-
Saharan Africa (1). Buhaug (2) disputes this link, generating a series of animated news …

Recent studies concerning the possible relationship between climate trends and the risks of
violent conflict have yielded contradictory results, partly because of choices of conflict …

The potential relationship between climate change and conflict is intriguing and warrants
rigorous study. However, the proposition by Burke et al.(1) that warming may be a directly …

Ongoing debates in the academic community and in the public policy arena continue without
clear resolution about the significance of global climate change for the risk of increased …

A recent study by Burke et al.[Burke M, Miguel E, Satyanath S, Dykema J, Lobell D (2009)
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106 (49): 20670–20674] reports statistical evidence that the …