Peter Schwartzstein

Peter Schwartzstein is an environmental journalist and researcher who reports on water, food security, and particularly the conflict-climate nexus across some 30 countries in the Middle East, Africa, and occasionally further afield. He mostly writes for National Geographic, but his work has also appeared in the New York Times, BBC, Foreign Affairs, and many other outlets. He is a Global Fellow with the Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program, a TED fellow, and a fellow at the Center for Climate and Security. His first book, 'The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence,' was published in September 2024.

Untarnished wilderness. Mountains of all shapes and sizes. Tumbledown port cities. Maps. Donkeys

Climate change is already undermining states and fueling major violence – and it will soon contribute to even broader political instability if left unaddressed. But it's not too late to harness these troubles to peacemaking ends

Climate Security, Climate violence, Environmental policy, Environmental Security, Food security, Hopeful Apocalypticism, Hydropolitics, Journalism, Writing