| Description |
1 online resource (16 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Introduction. -- Projected effects of climate change: hotter, drier, and less productive. -- Economic and social implications: lower incomes, higher costs, and urban migration. -- Security and stability implications: the case of the Kurds. -- Policy recommendations: managing change and adapting to the future. -- Conclusion. -- Notes |
| Summary |
Based on existing patterns and future scientific projections through 2050, Turkey and Iraq are both expected to see higher temperatures, decreasing precipitation, and more frequent drought. Whether Turkey and Iraq are made less stable and more violent by the long-run effects of climate change will depend on how both countries manage their ongoing governance and security challenges, whether their economies transition away from agricultural production, and what policies central and local governments take. Preventing the worst impacts of climate change on Turkish and Iraqi stability will require investing in more country- specific research, improving management of the river system, incorporating Kurdish communities into adaptation measures, and increasing urban food security |
| Notes |
"May 2017"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 14-16) |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF cover page (NA, viewed June 7, 2017) |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Political aspects -- Turkey
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Climatic changes -- Political aspects -- Iraq
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Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Turkey
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Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Iraq
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Turkey
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Iraq
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Political stability -- Turkey
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Political stability -- Iraq
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Climatic changes -- Economic aspects.
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Climatic changes -- Political aspects.
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects.
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Political stability.
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Iraq.
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Turkey.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
New America Foundation, publisher.
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