Climate change as the 'new'security threat: implications for Africa

O Brown, A Hammill, R McLeman - International affairs, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Once it was an environmental issue, then an energy problem, now climate change is being
recast as a security threat. So far, the debate has focused on creating a security 'hook' …

[PDF][PDF] Human security

WN Adger, JM Pulhin, J Barnett, GD Dabelko… - 2014 - ore.exeter.ac.uk
Human security will be progressively threatened as the climate changes (robust evidence,
high agreement). Human insecurity almost never has single causes, but instead emerges …

Why different interpretations of vulnerability matter in climate change discourses

K O'brien, S Eriksen, LP Nygaard, ANE Schjolden - Climate policy, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, we discuss how two interpretations of vulnerability in the climate change
literature are manifestations of different discourses and framings of the climate change …

Vulnerability, poverty and the need for sustainable adaptation measures

SH Eriksen, K O'brien - Climate policy, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
The need to address both poverty and vulnerability to climate change can be considered two
of the major challenges facing human society in the 21st century. While the two concepts are …

Adaptation as a political process: adjusting to drought and conflict in Kenya's drylands

S Eriksen, J Lind - Environmental management, 2009 - Springer
In this article, we argue that people's adjustments to multiple shocks and changes, such as
conflict and drought, are intrinsically political processes that have uneven outcomes …

Climate and security: evidence, emerging risks, and a new agenda

F Gemenne, J Barnett, WN Adger, GD Dabelko - Climatic Change, 2014 - Springer
There are diverse linkages between climate change and security including risks of conflict,
national security concerns, critical national infrastructure, geo-political rivalries and threats to …

[PDF][PDF] Sustainable adaptation to climate change

S Eriksen, K Brown - Climate and development, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The term 'sustainable adaptation'has emerged with the realization that while adaptation to
climate change will be increasingly required over the next decades, we know little about the …

On exposure, vulnerability and violence: spatial distribution of risk factors for climate change and violent conflict across Kenya and Uganda

T Ide, J Schilling, JSA Link, J Scheffran, G Ngaruiya… - Political …, 2014 - Elsevier
Recent studies discuss the link between climate change and violent conflict, especially for
East Africa. While there is extensive literature on the question whether climate change …

The search for safety: The effects of conflict, poverty and ecological influences on migration in the developing world

C Raleigh - Global Environmental Change, 2011 - Elsevier
This article discusses how conflict patterns affect the volume, direction and types of
migration within the developing world. Conflict impact and poverty are the two primary …

Community-based conservation: An emerging land use at the livestock-wildlife interface in Northern Kenya

SM Mureithi, A Verdoodt, JT Njoka… - Wildlife Management …, 2019 - books.google.com
Abstract In East Africa, an estimated 70% of wildlife populations are dispersed outside
protected areas on community land. The way of life of the pastoralists, essentially support …