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Podcast: Arts & Ideas
Episode: Green Thinking: Climate and Conflict
Description: Is climate change to blame for global conflicts and disputes over resources? Or is this rush to blame water shortages just post-Colonial thinking? Dr Ayesha Siddiqi and Professor Jan Selby talk to Professor Des Fitzgerald talk about their research, where geography and politics collide.Dr Ayesha Siddiqi is a development and postcolonial geographer at the University of Cambridge. She shares her expertise in natural disasters and politics, security and development in the Global South. Professor Jan Selby is Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield. His work focuses on climate change...