Link between climate change and conflict

Radio Australia: It's an age old question; what causes conflict. and what starts a war? It's a big question .. and one that - perhaps surprisingly - climate scientists have been studying. New research at Columbia University in New York has found a link between civil war and unusually hot and dry conditions in tropical countries. i>Presenter: Cathy Harper Speakers: Solomon Hsiang, Colombia University; Mahendra Kumar, director of the Centre of Climate Change at the University of Fiji; Andy Solow, Woods Hole......

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