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Resource Scarcity, Climate Change and the Risk of Violent Conflict

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dc.contributor.authorEvans, Alex
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-26T15:40:33Z
dc.date.available2012-06-26T15:40:33Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractProvides a brief assessment of how natural resource scarcity and global climate change may alter the risk of violent conflict in the future. Resource scarcity to meet basic needs such as food and land and water can be worsened by governmental ineffectiveness, and vulnerability of populations, ecosystems, economies, and institutions can outweigh the magnitude of climate or scarcity impacts themselves. Resource availability must be seen not as a stand-alone issue, but rather in the context of the overall political economy landscape. Policymakers can benefit from the use of surveillance, early warning systems, and risk anticipation to plan for coming natural disasters and associated scarcity. Development of resilience can offer valuable adaptation and risk reduction methodologies while international action needs to focus on improving cooperation and resilience of international markets through multilateral trade rules or stockpiling of key commodities.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/9191
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/9191
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectWorld Development Report 2011
dc.titleResource Scarcity, Climate Change and the Risk of Violent Conflicten
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaFragility, Conflict, and Violence
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-05T11:28:48.641801Z
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeEnvironment and Natural Resources
okr.language.supporteden
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.relation.associatedurlhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/4389
okr.topicConflict and Development
okr.topicEnvironment
okr.topicPoverty Reduction
okr.topicRural Development
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