Climate change has been recognized as a “threat

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Evidence profile

Sourced from the abstract and stated research gap of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2021 and 2026, spanning 8 journals. Those papers have been cited 250 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 8 representative gaps

• EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF MIGRATION, ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE ON NORTH MACEDONIA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (2024) · Security Dialogues /Безбедносни дијалози · doi

  Future research should focus on the localinterplay of multiple drivers that influence whether the climate will increase the risk of conflict, and Neo Malthusian theory suggesting that as populations continue to increase, competition for resources will also increase, and could lead to conflict as the inequalities increase between those in control of resources and those who do not have access [1].

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: increase conflict resources future focus localinterplay multiple drivers influence whether climate risk malthusian theory suggesting
• Security implications of climate change: A decade of scientific progress (2021) · Journal of Peace Research · cited 202× · doi

  Jointly, they demonstrate significant climate impacts on social unrest in urban settings; they point to the complexity of the climate–migration–unrest link; they identify how agricultural production patterns shape conflict risk; they investigate understudied outcomes in relation to climate change, such as interstate claims and individual trust; and they discuss the relevance of this research for user groups across academia and beyond.

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: climate unrest jointly demonstrate significant impacts social urban settings point complexity migration link identify agricultural
• Reflections on the effects of climate change on cities and territories (2026) · TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment · doi

  The paper identifies a gap in awareness and understanding of the effects of climate change on cities and territories. The study highlights the need for civic education and government action to address climate change.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: paper identifies gap awareness understanding effects climate change
• Climate change and the collective: understanding climate change through the lens of collective trauma and ecological systems theory (2026) · Frontiers in Conservation Science · doi

  The collective nature of climate change is undertheorized and understudied. There is a lack of understanding of the collective impacts of climate change on mental health and wellbeing. Existing literature predominantly captures individual psychopathological impacts, with limited understanding of the collective nature of climate change.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: collective nature climate change undertheorized understudied there lack
• Intermediating climate change: the evolving strategies, interactions and impacts of neglected “climate intermediaries” (2023) · Policy Studies · cited 25× · doi

  This Special Issue analyses two under-researched forms of climate intermediaries: those that exist for reasons unconnected to climate change, and new or uncommon forms of climate intermediaries that have yet to be examined.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: climate forms intermediaries special issue analyses researched exist reasons unconnected change uncommon examined
• Climate Change and Intergroup Relations: A Systematic Review (2025) · Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi · doi

  This review approaches the climate crisis and intergroup relations from a holistic perspective and offers recommendations for addressing the significant limitations identified in the literature.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: review approaches climate crisis intergroup relations holistic perspective offers recommendations addressing significant limitations identified literature
• Fragile Geographies and the Climate-Conflict Nexus: Investigating Climate-Induced Security Risks, Migration, and Inequality in Balochistan, Pakistan (2024) · Alternatives Global Local Political · cited 9× · doi

  Although climate change has been recognized as a “threat multiplier,” its specific effects on conflict-affected areas remain underexplored.

  generalabstractevidence 3/5
  Keywords: climate change recognized threat multiplier specific effects conflict affected areas remain underexplored
• Climate change, mobility and violent conflict: a typology of interlinked pathways (2023) · International Development Planning Review · cited 14× · doi

  Despite increased attention toward the links between climate, human mobility and conflict, the pathways through which resulting human insecurity may lead to violence are poorly understood.

  generalabstractevidence 2/5
  Keywords: human despite increased attention toward links climate mobility conflict pathways resulting insecurity lead violence poorly

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