Is Syria really a 'climate war'? The links between drought, migration and conflict

Friday, July 21, 2017 - 10:02 in Earth & Climate

The Syrian civil war has raged for more than six years now. You've probably heard the following story linking it to climate change: an intense drought, made more likely thanks to global warming, caused "mass migration" within the country from rural to urban areas, which in turn contributed to the 2011 uprising which then escalated into civil conflict.

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