Climate Change and Violent Conflict in Europe over the Last Millennium

Richard Tol and Sebastian Wagner

No FNU-154, Working Papers from Research unit Sustainability and Global Change, Hamburg University

Abstract: We investigate the relationship between a thousand-year history of violent conflict in Europe and various reconstructions of temperature and precipitation. We find that conflict was more intense during colder periods. This relationship is weakening over time, and is not robust to the details of the climate reconstruction or to the sample period. We thus confirm Zhang et al. (2006, Climatic Change, 76, 459-477) that, at least in temperate climates, global warming would, if anything, lead to reduced violent conflict.

Keywords: history; violent conflict; Europe; climate change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N43 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2008-01, Revised 2008-01
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