Changes in climate will produce unique types and modes of conflict redefine the value of important resources and create new challenges to maintaining social order and stability this book examines the consequences of climate change and argues that it has and will produce two types of different types of conflict cold wars and hot wars. This book will be of great interest for students of climate change and environmental security peace and conflict studies and ir security studies in general james r lee is a professor in the school of international service american university washington dc and associate director of american universitys center for teaching excellence. This book examines the evolution of the relationship between climate change and conflict and attempts to visualize future trends owing to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere current trends in climate change will not appreciably alter over the next half century even if drastic action is taken now changes in climate will produce unique types and modes of conflict redefine . Changes in climate will produce unique types and modes of conflict redefine the value of important resources and create new challenges to maintaining social order and stability this book examines the consequences of climate change and argues that it has and will produce two types of different types of conflict cold wars and hot wars. Title climate change and armed conflict hot and cold wars routledge studies in peace and conflict resolution author mediactsnetorg benjamin naumann 2021 01 25 02 26 22