Peter Schwartzstein

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Climate-related insecurity is coming for Europe, too. In the 1st exploration of the continent's vulnerability to troubles of this nature, we found that climate stresses are already fueling everything from rural crime to worse water tensions. Full report: peace.fes.de/e/a-distant-pr…

Join us for what we promise will be a fascinating, timely, and not necessarily-as-bleak-as-it-sounds discussion!

OUT NOW IN PAPERBACK Discover how climate change is feeding global violence - from urban crime to warfare - in The Heat and the Fury by @PSchwartzstein. geni.us/HeatAndTheFury…

In The Heat and the Fury, @PSchwartzstein draws on years of on-the-ground reporting to tell the story of the links between climate change and global conflict. Out next week in paperback: geni.us/HeatAndTheFury…

"In this messy new world, even state responses to climate change can fall afoul of border trouble." An eloquent reminder on the stern threats but also opportunties coming from climate impacts and conflict by @PSchwartzstein nytimes.com/2025/09/02/opi…

How does climate change drive violence in the world’s most vulnerable regions? Join us for a book talk with journalist @PSchwartzstein on The Heat and the Fury, exploring how climate change fuels global conflicts. 📅13 Oct |📍Strand 🔗Register now: bit.ly/3Jlj8HW

Fast spreading wildfire along the eastern flank of Parnitha, chewing through vegetation and, by the looks of things, some warehouses, just to north of Athens. There’s an even bigger fire on Evia. Smoke plumes are merging

Thanks to Trump’s Weather Service cuts, their 2 flood zone offices now lack a chief meteorologist, warning coordination meteorologist, senior hydrologist & staff forecaster. And the top elected official in Kerr County, where the camp is, on their lack of a local warning system.

Join us at @london_climate for our webinar "Climate conflict – Global heating as a driver of worldwide violence" With 🔹@PSchwartzstein, environmental journalist 🔹@NisreenElsaim, climate activist focused on policy, peace and security + youth empowerment londonclimateactionweek.org/event/clew-tal…

Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people

Floods are hard to cover when the road is washed out, by @PSchwartzstein. cjr.org/analysis/clima…

Global warming doesn’t respect borders or bank accounts. As the effects of the climate crisis come faster, changing conditions threaten to apply the kind of pressure that even the richest of countries will struggle to withstand, notes @PSchwartzstein. thewalrus.ca/climate-violen…

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@MarcMartorell3 @jricole A very kind review, thank you Marc!

My review of "The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence" by @PSchwartzstein via @jricole. juancole.com/2025/03/frontl…

In episode two, David examines how water can be both a weapon and victim of conflict with @STIAGeorgetown's Marcus King, @georgetownsfs's @MarwaDaoudy, and @PSchwartzstein of the @CntrClimSec .

Evidence of climate contribution's to violence is overwhelming. So too is evidence of climate's hobbling of military infrastructure, military equipment, and military personnel. This is self-sabotage writ very large and very destructively

Last chance to join us tomorrow for this event in in collaboration with @rsi_rice! Journalist & researcher @PSchwartzstein will present key findings from his new book, “The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of #Climate Violence.” RSVP here: bit.ly/41qxIEM

Climate change doesn't just melt ice caps, it also fuels conflict, corruption and division worldwide, explains TED Fellow and journalist Peter Schwartzstein (@PSchwartzstein). From droughts in Syria to rising seas in Bangladesh, he explores how climate stress escalates existing social instabilities — and underscores why every effort to curb a warming world matters, no matter how small. ted.com/talks/peter_sc…

@NateSilver538 Many of history's most important/damaging figures were very clearly not 'high IQ.' Even a cursory reading of 17th-early 20th century history attests to that

Like how can you be a remotely competent historian without recognizing that major events in human history are shaped by high IQ, high-agency people who are bad and/or flawed and/or dangerous.

He's an exceptionally smart and accomplished guy. The much better take is that high IQs serve as a force multiplier for both positive and negative traits.