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The Syrian Climate-Migration-Conflict Nexus

Two boys looking out over a tent camp
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CMES scholars Pinar Dinc and Lina Eklund have co-authored an annotated bibliography about the Syrian climate-migration-conflict nexus, together with Gianna Angermayr (Lund University). The bibliography is available to read online.

The scientific debate about the Syrian civil war being linked to climate change that manifested through a prolonged drought took off in 2014. This annotated bibliography is an article-by-article summary of the peer reviewed literature published on the climate-conflict nexus in Syria since then. It currently includes 19 articles where drought after 2005 is discussed together with the Syrian uprising turning into a civil war in 2011. The bibliography lists the purpose, methods and data used, as well as the findings and conclusions of each article.

Download and read the bibliography here:

This publication is part of the project Climate Stress Syria.

Pinar Dinc's research profile

Lina Eklund's research profile

A QR code that can be used to access the bibliography

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