Climate Change and Security

An International Conference in Trondheim, Norway, 21–24 June 2010

The following list shows all the papers accepted for presentation, along with a (tentative) indication of what workshop session they will be presented in.

For a list of papers in alphabetical order by first author, see here

To download papers, see here.

Session

First Author

Affiliation

Paper title

1 Erika Weinthal  Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University Water, Climate Change and Human Security in the Middle East and North
1 Ethemcan Turhan  Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Social Vulnerability to Hydro-Climatic Stressors in the Lower Seyhan River Basin
1 Thomas Bernauer  ETH Zurich Water scenarios for the Zambezi river basin 2009–2050
1 Adejoke Olubimpe Folami Department of Psychology, Obafemi Awolowo University Climate change and cross border crime in Africa
1 M.R.Ramesh Kumar  National Institute of Oceanography, India On Some Aspects of Active and Break Monsoon Conditions Over the Indian Subcontinent
2 Claudio Cioffi-Revilla George Mason University Agent-Based Modeling of Climate Change, Ecosystems and Security: A Research Programme
2 Helga Haftendorn  Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany Coping with Change in the Arctic: The Applicability of Soft Solutions to Potential Conflicts 
2 Tobias Siegfried  Columbia University, Earth Institute Seeking Solutions to the Conflict Over Water and Energy in Central Asia 
2 Christian Webersik  Centre for Development Studies, University of Agder Another Easter Island? Climate change, human insecurity and politics in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
2 Parul Rishi  Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) Behavioural Mapping of Indian Urban Settlements towards Changing Climate: An Empirical study
3 Badenahally Chikkarangappa Nagaraja  Department of Environmental Sciences, Bangalore University Impact of Drought on Agriculture: Challenges facing poor farmers of Karnataka, South India
3 Charles Nhemachena Council for Scientific & Industrial Research Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Implications for Food Security in Southern Africa
3 Clionadh Raleigh  Trinity College Dublin/PRIO What are the most vulnerable doing? Distress Migration and Communal Conflicts in the Sahel Belt
3 Päivi Lujala  Dept. of Economics, NTNU Economic effects of natural disasters
3 Thomas Bernauer  ETH Zurich Climate Change, Economic Growth, and Conflict
4 Eran Feitelson  The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Climate Change and Security Nexus in the Israeli-Arab Context
4 Daniel Adediran Ikuomola University of Ibadan - Nigeria The Socio-economic Implication of Climate Change, Desert Encroachment and Communal Conflicts in Northern Nigeria 
4 Jón Egill Kristjánsson University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences, Oslo, Norway Socioeconomic Consequences of Climate Change in Sub-equatorial Africa
4 Unmesh Patnaik  Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay India Vulnerability of Households to Natural Disasters: An Analysis from Disaster Prone Region of India
4 Madu Ignatius Department of Geography ,University OF Nigeria Nsukka Spatial analysis of rural households vulnerability to climate change in Nigeria
5 Mustafa Saroar  Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand Climate awareness and adaptation efficacy for livelihood security in coastal Bangladesh: A multivariate analysis
5 Rosana Mula International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Lessons drawn from women’s participation in ICRISAT R&D projects: Talking points for climate change initiatives
5 Tor A. Benjaminsen  Norwegian University of Life Sciences  Environmental variations and conflicts in Mali in historical perspective
5 Ayanlade Ayansina Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Nigeria Climate Change/variability and malaria transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa: A case of Nigeria
5 Jürgen Scheffran  Institute for Geography, KlimaCampus, Hamburg University Integrated Assessment of Climate Security Hot Spots in the Mediterranean Region
6 Amsale Kassahun Temesgen  FAFO The impact of environmental and political influences on Pastoral conflicts in Southern Ethiopia
6 Olakunle Michael Folami Department of sociology, Adekunle Ajasin University Climate change and inter-ethnic conflict between Fulani herdsmen and host communities
6 Halvard Buhaug  CSCW, PRIO Climate Not to Blame for African Civil Wars
6 Ole Magnus Theisen  NTNU and CSCW/PRIO  Scarcity, Elections, and Communal Clashes in Kenya
6 Scott Gates  Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO and NTNU African Range Wars: Climate, Conflict and Property Rights 
7 Gudrun Østby  Department of Political Science, University of Oslo & Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW), PRIO Climate Change, Inequality, and Urban Violence: City-Level Evidence from Household Surveys in Africa and Asia, 1986–2006
7 Henrik Urdal  CSCW, Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) Climate change, urbanization and civil war
7 Peter F. Nardulli  University of Illinois Climate Change, Cataclysmic Events and Societal Stability: A Quasi-Experiment
7 Cullen Hendrix  University of North Texas After the Rain: Political Institutions, Water Resources, and Civil Unrest in Africa
7 Rune Slettebak  Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU and CSCW/PRIO High Temps, High Tempers? Estimating the effects of Weather Disasters on Social Unrest, 1950–2007.
8a Erik Gartzke  University of California, San Diego Climate Change and Interstate Conflict
8a Jaroslav Tir  University of Georgia, USA Coping with Climate Change: International Institutions as Strategies for Mitigating Conflicts Over Water Resources
8b Karina Barquet  Geography Department, NTNU  Analyzing the relationship between Transboundary Protected Areas, Conflict and Climate Change 
8b Marit Brochmann  Dept. of political science, University of Oslo Climate Change and River Conflicts: Could Globalization Matter?
9 Achim Maas Adelphi Research Territorial integrity and sovereignty: Climate Change and Security in the Pacific
9 Jan Ketil Rød Department of Geographyn NTNU Mapping climate change, natural hazards and the vulnerability of places in Norway
9 Ola Listhaug  NTNU and Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO Public Opinion on Global Warming: A Comparative Study of 48 Countries

Abbreviations:

CICERO – Center of International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo

CSCW – Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO

ETH – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology

PRIO – Peace Research Institute Oslo