Book contents
- States and Nature
- The Politics of Climate Change
- States and Nature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Conceptualizing Climate and Security
- 3 The Argument, Method, and Mechanisms
- 4 Droughts and Famine in Somalia and Ethiopia
- 5 Drought in the Middle East
- 6 Cyclones in South Asia
- 7 Beyond Internal Conflict
- 8 The Next Decade of Climate Security Research
- 9 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Droughts and Famine in Somalia and Ethiopia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 March 2022
Book contents
- States and Nature
- The Politics of Climate Change
- States and Nature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Conceptualizing Climate and Security
- 3 The Argument, Method, and Mechanisms
- 4 Droughts and Famine in Somalia and Ethiopia
- 5 Drought in the Middle East
- 6 Cyclones in South Asia
- 7 Beyond Internal Conflict
- 8 The Next Decade of Climate Security Research
- 9 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter explores why, in the wake of similar exposure to drought in the 2010s, Somalia experienced a famine but Ethiopia did not. I also use within-case analysis to explain why Ethiopia experienced a famine in the mid-1980s but not in the 2010s.
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- States and NatureThe Effects of Climate Change on Security, pp. 71 - 119Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022