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Duncan Depledge, Senior Lecturer in Geopolitics and Security, Loughborough University

Three reasons why the climate crisis must reshape how we think about war

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Earth’s average temperature rose more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in 2024 for the first time – a critical threshold in the climate crisis. At the same time, major armed conflicts continue to rage in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan and elsewhere.

What should be increasingly clear is that war now needs to be understood as unfolding in the shadow of climate breakdown.

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