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The impacts of climate change on violent conflict risk: a review of causal pathways

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The impacts of climate change on violent conflict risk: a review of causal pathways. / Xie, Xiaolan; Hao, Mengmeng; Ding, Fangyu et al.
In: Environmental Research Communications, Vol. 6, No. 11, 112002, 11.11.2024.

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Xie, X, Hao, M, Ding, F, Scheffran, J, Ide, T, Maystadt, J-F, Qian, Y, Wang, Q, Chen, S, Wu, J, Sun, K, Ma, T & Jiang, D 2024, 'The impacts of climate change on violent conflict risk: a review of causal pathways', Environmental Research Communications, vol. 6, no. 11, 112002. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ad8a21

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Xie, X., Hao, M., Ding, F., Scheffran, J., Ide, T., Maystadt, J.-F., Qian, Y., Wang, Q., Chen, S., Wu, J., Sun, K., Ma, T., & Jiang, D. (2024). The impacts of climate change on violent conflict risk: a review of causal pathways. Environmental Research Communications, 6(11), Article 112002. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ad8a21

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Xie X, Hao M, Ding F, Scheffran J, Ide T, Maystadt JF et al. The impacts of climate change on violent conflict risk: a review of causal pathways. Environmental Research Communications. 2024 Nov 11;6(11):112002. doi: 10.1088/2515-7620/ad8a21

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Xie, Xiaolan ; Hao, Mengmeng ; Ding, Fangyu et al. / The impacts of climate change on violent conflict risk : a review of causal pathways. In: Environmental Research Communications. 2024 ; Vol. 6, No. 11.

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