Cambio Climático y Conflictividad Socioambiental en América Latina y el Caribe (Climate Change and Socio-environmental Conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean)
Publisher: América Latina Hoy
Author(s): Alfredo Stein Heinemann
Date: 2018
Topics: Climate Change, Conflict Prevention, Gender, Governance, Renewable Resources
Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
This article contributes to the conceptual and policy debates on the relationship between climate change, security and conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean, a region that is experiencing a growing environmental and social vulnerability as a result of recurring extreme weather events and high levels of citizen insecurity. The study proposes a typology of conflicts generated by inequalities between those who cause the phenomenon, those who suffer the most, and those who should bear the costs in order to face its consequences.