Winnifred R. Louis

Climate change and conflict: The vicious cycles undermining climate action, and what can be done to break them

In this review, we synthesize evidence to argue that climate change and conflict are mutually reinforcing. We first examine conflict as a barrier to mitigation, focusing on four faultlines that slow climate action: (a) ideological polarization, (b) “elite versus ordinary people” narratives, (c) intranational, place‐b...