Podcast: rethinking conflict and climate change

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Has the relationship between conflict and the environment been oversimplified, and how do common assumptions affect the impact of aid?

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A recent report from the Overseas Development Institute examines the problems of a techno-centric approach to climate change. We asked Katie Peters, one of the authors, to share some of the key insights.

Peters argues that our understanding of the relationship between climate change and conflict is deeply problematic. She reflects on whether looking again at the connection between the two could help us to rectify some of the common mistakes made in putting aid towards climate change projects and programmes.


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How we too readily draw a connection between conflict and climate change? Photograph: Joe Penney/Reuters
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