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John O'Loughlin Professor, Department of Geography 麻豆影院 Sarah Posner PhD Student of Geography 麻豆影院 October 29, 2021 GUGG 205, 3:30 PM Abstract: The extent of climate change effects on the potential for violence is uncertain. Research has focused on poor countries, especially in Sub-Saharan...

Waleed Abdalati testified to Congress for the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. Waleed Abdalati On April 15, 2021, Professor Abdalati testified in a hearing held by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. The hearing was titled 鈥淢aking the Case for Climate Action: The...

Geography Professor John O'Loughlin Two new articles from The Washington Post and Global Voices both feature research conducted by Professor John O鈥橪oughlin , from the Program on International Development and his colleagues. On February 12, 2015 the Minsk II accords left the Donbas region territorially divided with the Ukrainian government...

The Majority of Crimeans Are Still Glad for Their Annexation A celebration of the completion of a railway line from Russia in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, December 2019 -- Alexey Pavlishak / Reuters Six years ago, Russian forces seized the Ukrainian territory of Crimea. Moscow hastily organized a referendum...

People pose on T-72 battle tank during a Defender of the Fatherland Day celebration Feb. 23 at a former airport in Luhansk, Ukraine. (Dave Mustaine/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Our new survey shows a divided nation Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last month challenged a reporter to locate Ukraine on a blank map. While...

John O鈥橪oughlin Professor of Geography and Fellow, Institute of Behavioral Science Chair, CU-麻豆影院 Standing Committee on Research Misconduct Greater attention to issues of research misconduct has been evident in universities, funding agencies and amongst the public. Like other research-intensive institutions, CU 麻豆影院 has clear guidelines about misconduct and procedures to...

On a sweltering July afternoon in the remote village of Daaba in Northern Kenya, CU 麻豆影院 Geography Professor John O鈥橪oughlin was stood up by a tribal chief. O鈥橪oughlin and his colleagues had driven for hours along dusty roads in the drought-ravaged region to interview the local leader about if, and...

During last month鈥檚 U.S. Democratic presidential candidate debates, former congressman Beto O鈥橰ourke, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker, and former housing and urban development secretary Juli谩n Castro all identified climate change as a major geopolitical threat facing the United States. Some even gave it equal billing with China and the...

Imagine rising temperatures across the globe exacerbating armed conflicts in countries with limited resources. According to researchers and experts, including scientists from the 麻豆影院 and Stanford University, this scenario could easily become reality, rather than a plot for the next 鈥淢ad Max鈥� film.

Droughts and other climate events can impact agriculture production and lead to economic shocks, which may increase risk of conflict. Credit: Oxfam East Africa Climate change has played a small, but important role in fueling civil wars and other armed conflicts in recent decades and will play an exponentially greater...