Earth Day Talk: Climate Change and Violence

Professor Marshall Burke's research focuses on understanding how changes in environmental conditions affect a range of social and economic outcomes, and on understanding the causes and consequences of rural productivity improvements. In this talk, he will discuss the effects of climate change on violence, including wars, civil unrest, and strife, and also more violent crime in general.

Marshall Burke is Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Assistant Professor of Environmental Earth System Science.