The Center on Food Security and the Environment is a joint effort of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.
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Scholarly Publications
The Elusive Goal of Global Food Security
February 2018
Ending world hunger is a universal goal, yet progress and social awareness of the issue waxes and wanes in the course of broader political and economic developments.
Sources of variation in under-5 mortality across sub-Saharan Africa: a spatial analysis
October 2016
The ongoing decline in under-5 mortality ranks among the most significant public and population health successes of the past 30 years.
Other Publications
Climate Change and Conflict: Identifying the mechanisms
December 2011
Climate change will lead to massive conflicts, according to claims of such prominent sources as Sir Nicholas Stern and the US National Security Agency - claims repeated by the media.
Environmental Quality and Regional Conflict
December 1998
This paper is the result of a project undertaken in the Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, at the invitation of and with support from the Carnegie Commission on Preventing...
News
Indirect child casualties of conflict far outnumber direct combatant deaths in Africa
August 2018
More children die from the indirect impact of armed conflict in Africa than those killed in the crossfire and on the battlefields, according to a new study by Stanford researchers.
Ertharin Cousin, Former US Ambassador and World Food Programme Director, Joins Stanford as Visiting Scholar
August 2017
The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at Stanford University is pleased to announce that former U.S.
Human conflict heats up with global warming
April 2015
A chance course at Stanford and a study-abroad trip to Nepal changed the trajectory of Marshall Burke's career, leading him to a human-focused approach studying climate change.
Events
Can changes in climate cause conflict?
January 24, 2017
Abstract: A growing body of empirical evidence indicates that changes in climate are associated with increases in human violence. I review new and recent evidence on this topic, using data ranging...
Achieving food security and nutrition for the furthest behind in an era of conflict and climate change
November 20, 2015
Ertharin Cousin began her tenure as the twelfth Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on 5 April 2012.Cousin brings more than twenty-five years of national and...
Projects
Deadly Connections: Climate, Disease, Poverty and Conflict
Violent conflicts claim 3,000 lives per day through wars, bombings and attacks that dominate the news media.
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Climate Change and Conflict: What are the links and where is the evidence?
Despite recent high-level statements suggesting that climate change could worsen the risk of civil conflict, until now we had little quantitative evidence linking the two. Unfortunately, our study...
English
Feeding the World in the 21st Century: Exploring the Connections between Food Production, Health, Environmental Resources, and International Security
This project involves political scientists, economists, and medical researchers to address the question of whether hunger, poverty, disease and agricultural resource constraints foster civil...
English
Multimedia
Ertharin Cousin, Tales from the War on Hunger
February 2018
After the 2007 Global Food Crisis, President Barack Obama in his Inaugural Address committed to the world’s poor nations: “We pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed...
Interview: Ertharin Cousin
December 2015
Ertharin Cousin began her tenure as the twelfth Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on 5 April 2012.Cousin brings more than twenty-five years of national and international non- profit, government, and corporate...
Achieving Food Security and Nutrition in an Era of Conflict and Climate Change
December 2015
Ertharin Cousin began her tenure as the twelfth Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on 5 April 2012.Cousin brings more than twenty-five years of national and international non- profit, government, and corporate...
People
Ertharin Cousin Payne Distinguished Lecturer, FSI Distinguished Fellow, FSE, Distinguished Fellow, CDDRL 