CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL MIGRATION, AND CONFLICT: THE CASES OF EGYPT AND SUDAN
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Authors
Torba, Jacob J.
Subjects
climate change
refugee
migration
migrant
Middle East
Sudan
Egypt
Neo-liberal economics
scarcity
conflict
adaptation
refugee
migration
migrant
Middle East
Sudan
Egypt
Neo-liberal economics
scarcity
conflict
adaptation
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Baylouny, Anne M.
Date of Issue
2020-12
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Does climate change cause migration, and if so, are areas that host environmental migrants more prone to conflict? Using Sudan and Egypt as case studies, this thesis examines the effects of climate change on migration and how that influx of people leads, or fails to lead, to conflict. This research determines that climate change can, but does not necessarily, cause migration, and that environmental migrants can add stress to already volatile situations but are unlikely to cause conflict as a sole variable. Despite this uncertain linkage between climate change and conflict, it is still important that we take actions to address climate change before conditions deteriorate to the point that it constitutes a more severe security threat.
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National Security Affairs (NSA)
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