{ "nodes": [ { "id": 1, "label": "Query__CQURYPUSER", "query": "What happens when climate refugees seek asylum in regions already facing resource scarcity, exacerbating existing tensions and conflicts?" }, { "id": 2, "label": "Origins and Triggers__CQURYFCSRT" }, { "id": 5, "label": "Causal Mechanisms__CQURYFCSMC" }, { "id": 7, "label": "Effects and Outcomes__CQURYFCSFF" }, { "id": 9, "label": "Moderating Factors__CQURYFCSMD" }, { "id": 11, "label": "Early Signals__CQURYFCSCR" }, { "id": 13, "label": "Causal Constraints__CQURYFCSCS" }, { "id": 15, "label": "Concrete Instances__CQURYFCSCSDXMPL" }, { "id": 16, "label": "Climate Refugee Crisis__CPBAYPQURY", "query": "What if climate refugees were granted legal recognition under international law—how would this alter the distribution of resources and stability in host regions with weak institutions?" }, { "id": 17, "label": "Baseline Readout__CQURYFCSCRDMMRY" }, { "id": 18, "label": "Climate Refugees And Conflict__C49Z1PQURY" }, { "id": 19, "label": "Regime Transition__CQURYFCSRTDTMPR" }, { "id": 20, "label": "Climate Displacement Sparks Conflict__C9TZIPQURY", "query": "What happens to conflict risk when climate refugees enter regions with robust local governance but extreme resource scarcity, challenging the assumption that institutional fragility is the decisive factor?" }, { "id": 21, "label": "Baseline Readout__CQURYFCSMDDMMRY" }, { "id": 22, "label": "Climate Migrant Conflict__CRBJ6PQURY" }, { "id": 23, "label": "Regime Transition__CQURYFCSMCDTMPR" }, { "id": 24, "label": "Climate Migration Conflict__C0H7LPQURY" }, { "id": 25, "label": "Regime Transition__CQURYFCSFFDTMPR" }, { "id": 26, "label": "Climate Refugees And Conflict__CHRRHPQURY", "query": "What if states recognized climate refugees through adaptive institutions but faced deliberate underfunding by wealthier nations—how would power dynamics reshape the viability of resilience-based approaches?" }, { "id": 27, "label": "The Operative 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Angles__C5ENKFVLINDBLND" }, { "id": 140, "label": "Who Controls Water__CU84PP5ENK" } ], "edges": [ { "source": 1, "target": 2, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 1, "target": 5, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 1, "target": 7, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 1, "target": 9, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 1, "target": 11, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 1, "target": 13, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 13, "target": 15, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 15, "target": 16, "relationship": "**Climate refugees worsen instability in weak states because no international laws require help for them, leaving host regions to manage crises alone and unfairly.**\n\nWhen people flee their homes due to climate change, and cross borders, they often enter countries that already struggle with weak institutions. These countries are not prepared to handle sudden population increases. The world has no binding rules to protect climate refugees. Unlike refugees fleeing war or persecution, climate-displaced people have no legal right to asylum. This gap means global bodies like the UNHCR and the World Bank do not step in with major support. Without help, host nations face harder choices about who gets water, food, and shelter. Leaders often favor certain groups over others, fueling resentment. Ethnic or regional tensions grow as resources grow scarce. In places like the Lake Chad Basin, long droughts forced many to move. At the same time, state authority weakened. Armed groups have filled the void. No international legal status exists for climate refugees. Therefore, large-scale aid does not get triggered. Responses stay small, unplanned, and unfair. This lack of order increases the risk of violence. The absence of clear rules leads to instability." }, { "source": 11, "target": 17, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 17, "target": 18, "relationship": "**Climate refugees increase conflict where weak institutions fail to manage competition for resources, turning scarcity into communal violence.**\n\nClimate migration often leads to conflict in regions already facing environmental stress and weak governance. This happens especially where property rights are unclear and governments cannot manage resource use. In places like the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin, displaced people move into areas where land and water are scarce. Customary sharing systems break down under pressure from population movement. When these informal rules fade, access to resources is no longer shared peacefully. State institutions in these areas lack the capacity to step in and resolve disputes. Conflict then grows along community lines, pitting groups against each other. This pattern is not due to climate migration alone. It arises when migration meets weak institutions. Historical examples like Darfur show how land disputes become tools for group conflict when central authority fails. Where states cannot mediate fairly, scarcity turns into violence between communities. Many regions with climate migrants do not see violence. But the risk increases sharply where institutions are weak. The failure to manage resource claims turns population movement into conflict." }, { "source": 2, "target": 19, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 19, "target": 20, "relationship": "**Climate displacement increases conflict risk in resource-scarce areas because weak, centralized governance fails to manage competition, while local cooperation can prevent escalation.**\n\nWhen people are forced to move by climate change, conflict often follows. This happens most in places where resources like water and farmland are already scarce. The arrival of refugees increases competition for these resources. In many poor countries, governments are too rigid and weak to handle this fairly. Local systems for resolving disputes are often missing or broken. Political borders are fixed and cannot adapt to changing needs. As small tensions grow, violence can erupt. The risk drops only when local communities gain power to manage resources together. Examples show shared local rules can replace top-down control and reduce conflict. But most climate-vulnerable regions still rely on distant, centralized governments. Without strong, flexible local systems, climate displacement usually leads to violence where resources are scarce." }, { "source": 9, "target": 21, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 21, "target": 22, "relationship": "**Climate displacement fuels conflict in weak states because no legal protection forces migrants into competition over scarce resources.**\n\nWhen people flee climate disasters and no legal system offers them asylum, they often settle in informal camps or on disputed land. This happens most in places with weak land rights and existing ethnic or political tensions. Without legal protection, displaced people compete for scarce resources like water and farmland. Competition increases conflict between groups. In fragile states, the lack of formal support turns migration into a security crisis. Displacement routes become flashpoints for violence. The loss of farmland and clean water fuels unrest. States that fail to include climate migrants in legal and economic systems make the situation worse. Violence rises when governments do not create pathways to protection and stability." }, { "source": 5, "target": 23, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 23, "target": 24, "relationship": "**Climate migration fuels conflict because weak institutions cannot manage resource competition, leading groups to fight for survival.**\n\nWhen people flee climate disasters, weak governments often fail to manage the crisis. This failure breaks down trust in institutions. Resources become scarcer as more people compete for them. Broken systems can no longer share resources or resolve disputes. This leads to violence between groups. It happens most where governments are already weak. International climate agreements do not force countries to act. Refugee laws do not recognize climate migrants. So most displaced people fall through legal gaps. Without protection, they struggle to survive. In places like the Lake Chad region, this drives conflict. People fight to meet basic needs. The cycle continues until stronger global rules exist. Only binding agreements that include climate migrants can stop it. Until then, survival often means competition." }, { "source": 7, "target": 25, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 25, "target": 26, "relationship": "**Conflict arises from climate migration when weak institutions fail to manage resource scarcity, not from migration itself.**\n\nWhen people flee their homes due to climate impacts, trouble often follows. This happens most when resources like water and farmland are already scarce. In such cases, the response shifts from aid to border control. This shift is strongest in the era after 1989, when states began to focus more on sovereignty than shared responsibility. International rules like the 1950 Refugee Convention limit who counts as a refugee. Regional bodies like the European Union push processing to distant borders. These choices treat movement as a security issue, not a result of environmental stress. Problems grow where public services are weak and systems cannot adapt. In the Sahel and Central America, competition over land and jobs increases tension between groups. The link between refugees and conflict is not simple. It depends on how strong and fair the local institutions are. Where governance is weak or unjust, refugee flows worsen conflict. This replaces older efforts to support and include newcomers. The cycle only breaks when systems exist to manage disasters and secure access to resources. Frameworks like the Sendai Plan envision such systems. They support resilience over exclusion. Conflict arises not from climate migration alone but from outdated systems that ignore ecological realities. When institutions fail to adapt fairly, tension follows. Where they do adapt, peace is more likely." }, { "source": 9, "target": 27, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 27, "target": 28, "relationship": "**Strong international aid systems reduce conflict in climate-stressed areas by managing resources and replacing weak state functions.**\n\nIn regions with scarce resources, climate-displaced populations often increase tensions between communities. But conflict does not always follow. Where international aid systems are strong, they take over key roles the state cannot fulfill. These systems are led by agencies like UNHCR, IOM, and WFP. They manage food, water, and shelter. This support changes how resources are shared. It reduces the pressure that comes with new arrivals. Many displaced people are hosted in countries like Bangladesh, Uganda, and Jordan. In these places, aid networks act as the main form of governance. When aid is sustained, the link between population influx and conflict weakens. High climate risk does not lead to more conflict if aid programs are strong. The presence of long-term humanitarian coordination alters the expected outcome." }, { "source": 13, "target": 29, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 29, "target": 30, "relationship": "**Conflict in climate-stressed regions is driven by armed non-state actors who exploit refugee flows and resource scarcity to expand control.**\n\nIn areas where climate refugees arrive and resources are already scarce, conflict often follows. This conflict is commonly blamed on weak institutions and broken local sharing systems. Yet the real cause is not just the lack of government control. Most cases in the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin show something more specific. Violence grows mainly where armed groups like Boko Haram or local militias already operate. These groups use the arrival of refugees and stress on resources to strengthen their power. They recruit new members, collect money, and weaken trust in the state. Reports from the International Crisis Group and UNDP confirm this pattern. Where such armed networks exist, resource shortages and migrant flows do not by themselves cause conflict. Instead, conflict arises because these groups exploit the crisis. The real driver is not institutional failure alone but the way armed actors turn hardship into opportunity. Ignoring their role leads to overestimating how much weak governance causes violence. In places with armed groups, conflict continues even without new migration." }, { "source": 2, "target": 31, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 31, "target": 32, "relationship": "**Conflict over resources grows more likely when central states override local governance, because top-down control blocks flexible, community-based solutions to scarcity.**\n\nWhen ecological stress increases, central governments often fail to recognize local systems for managing resources. These governments impose rigid boundaries and property rules from the outside. Such actions displace mobile communities and reduce their ability to adapt. This process stems from colonial-era land policies that favored state control. Post-independence laws have kept these rigid systems in place. As a result, traditional ways of sharing land and water are weakened. Customary conflict-resolution methods are undermined. The Sahel and Lake Chad Basin show that violence rises most where such local practices are actively weakened. Displacement due to climate change often occurs in areas where customary rights are not legally recognized. Both displaced people and host communities face greater resource competition. This competition arises not because of migration itself. It arises because state systems block cooperative solutions. Flexible, community-based governance has been replaced by top-down control. Where these local institutions have been dismantled, conflict becomes more likely. The root cause is not weak institutions. It is the suppression of adaptive, local governance by centralized states." }, { "source": 32, "target": 33, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 32, "target": 35, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 32, "target": 37, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 32, "target": 39, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 32, "target": 41, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 37, "target": 43, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 43, "target": 44, "relationship": "**Conflict over resources increases when state laws erase customary rights because legal centralism destroys proven local systems for sharing resources.**\n\nWhen national laws ignore traditional land rights, local systems that manage resource use break down. These local systems once allowed communities to share resources during times of scarcity. Their loss makes conflicts over water and land more likely. This happens even where governments are weak or absent. Outside systems of property rights replace long-standing traditions of mutual help. This shift does not happen because states are missing. It happens because colonial-style land laws replaced community-based rules. In West Africa, old land laws still favor private ownership over shared use. They block mobility and flexibility needed in dry climates. When droughts force people to move, both newcomers and residents lose access to fair solutions. These solutions existed for generations but are now outside the law. International reports confirm most movements happen outside formal refugee systems. Recognizing customary rights would not end competition. But it would lower the chance of violence. It would do so by reviving peaceful ways to negotiate access. Studies across West Africa support this finding. Conflict rises not because there is no government. It rises because state laws have replaced local governance systems. Legal recognition of customary rights would reduce conflict. The key problem is not lack of institutions. It is the removal of working local systems by centralized laws." }, { "source": 26, "target": 45, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 26, "target": 47, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 26, "target": 49, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 26, "target": 51, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 26, "target": 53, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 51, "target": 55, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 55, "target": 56, "relationship": "**Resilience fails because international funding follows donor priorities instead of local needs, repeating patterns of historical injustice.**\n\nResilience programs for climate refugees often fail. This is not because local efforts are weak. It is because funding is unreliable. States that benefit from climate inaction withhold support. They control the money meant for adaptation. In places like the Pacific Islands, this creates a crisis. Adaptation plans depend on voluntary donations. These donations are often late or insufficient. The rules for funding come from powerful financial institutions. They treat climate displacement as a short-term problem to manage. They do not treat it as a result of global emissions. Aid is given based on donor interests, not need. This shifts power to wealthy countries. It leaves vulnerable nations to face the consequences alone. Resilience fails because the funding system repeats old patterns of exploitation. The institutions meant to help become empty symbols." }, { "source": 16, "target": 57, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 16, "target": 59, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 16, "target": 61, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 16, "target": 63, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 16, "target": 65, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 65, "target": 67, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 67, "target": 68, "relationship": "**Recognition of climate refugees improves stability only when institutions are strong enough to deliver support, because legal rights without capacity deepen discontent.**\n\nWhen governments cannot effectively manage migration, climate refugees often have no legal status. This turns resources into a competition between groups. Without strong institutions or funding, states use harsh or informal methods to control migration. Exclusion becomes the norm, especially where ecological damage and weak rule of law persist. Stability only improves when institutions are strong enough and receive outside financial help. International support, like expanded UNHCR roles or World Bank funding, can enable fairer, rights-based policies. But today’s international rules do not recognize climate refugees. Host regions under stress usually respond with strict limits. These policies hurt the most vulnerable and worsen instability. This pattern is clear in poor countries like those in the Sahel and South Asia. There, unplanned migration into fragile environments has increased conflict. Legal recognition for climate refugees would help only where institutions can deliver support. Otherwise, giving rights on paper without real capacity would fuel frustration. The cycle of scarcity and exclusion would remain. Only where states are minimally capable and supported can change take hold." }, { "source": 39, "target": 69, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 69, "target": 70, "relationship": "**Conflict over resources escalates when state policies replace flexible clan-sharing traditions, removing trusted ways to adapt to scarcity.**\n\nIn Somalia, the government has replaced traditional clan-based systems for resolving land and water disputes with rigid state laws. These older systems allowed communities to share resources fairly during droughts. When clans could negotiate access based on need, movement was peaceful. The state now treats these customs as illegal or unimportant. This removes trust-based solutions that relied on reputation and long-term relationships. Instead, access is controlled by distant officials with no local ties. Mobility becomes a crime rather than a survival strategy. In the Jubba Valley, violence increases not because there are more people, but because customs are ignored. Conflict rises when state policies block flexible resource sharing. In Somaliland, where traditional rules still work, disputes are settled without fighting. Customary systems prevented conflict by allowing change without loss of dignity. Where those systems remain, scarcity does not lead to war. The loss of local decision-making triggers violence, not lack of government. State interference breaks the mechanisms that kept peace during hard times." }, { "source": 20, "target": 71, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 20, "target": 73, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 20, "target": 75, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 20, "target": 77, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 20, "target": 79, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 77, "target": 81, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 81, "target": 82, "relationship": "**Conflict risk from climate migration drops when local, multi-level councils with real authority manage shared resources, because these institutions enable communities to adapt fairly to population pressure.**\n\nIn areas with very limited resources, conflict does not always follow when climate-affected people move in. This is true in parts of Ethiopia where local governments manage water and land. These governments work at multiple levels and can adapt their decisions. People take part in councils that have real power to change access rules. These councils formed after central control weakened. Local groups then reshaped how rights to land and water are shared. The councils follow key principles for managing shared resources. They are stable and include multiple centers of authority. Conflict risk drops even when resources are scarce. The key factor is not scarcity or movement. It is whether local institutions allow communities to adapt together. In Ethiopia, ethnic federalism gave these local systems national recognition. This link between local and national levels helps collective adaptation succeed." }, { "source": 44, "target": 83, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 44, "target": 85, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 44, "target": 87, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 44, "target": 89, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 44, "target": 91, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 44, "target": 93, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 91, "target": 95, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 95, "target": 96, "relationship": "**Customary land rights re-emerge during droughts where historical limits on state control allowed informal institutions to survive and function when needed.**\n\nWhen governments replaced traditional communal land systems with formal titles and central control, old sharing rules often disappeared from law but not from practice. In dry regions of West Africa, people kept using unwritten customs to manage grazing land even when laws ignored them. These customs survived because they helped herders move during droughts and feed their animals. Where past government control was weak or mixed with local rule, family and clan networks kept old practices alive. These networks allowed rules to return when climate stress hit. But in areas where states fully replaced local systems, no such structures remained. Without organized local leadership, customs could not reactivate. Where legal control was weaker historically, traditional sharing rights still work today during hard times. Climate stress brings conflict where formal systems erased local rules before crisis struck." }, { "source": 56, "target": 97, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 56, "target": 99, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 56, "target": 101, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 56, "target": 103, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 56, "target": 105, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 101, "target": 107, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 107, "target": 108, "relationship": "**Mandatory climate reparations transform resilience into an enforceable duty by tying funding to historical responsibility rather than donor discretion.**\n\nWhen climate refugee support comes from mandatory reparations instead of voluntary aid, frontline states gain greater control over funds. This changes how money is given and used. It moves away from donor-led rules and short-term projects. Instead, it creates direct financial rights based on harm caused. Current aid systems often tie funding to donor priorities. This reinforces old power imbalances. Reparations change that model. Money flows because of responsibility, not influence. Wealthy nations pay based on their role in causing climate damage. This creates binding duties to fund adaptation and displacement costs. Resilience is no longer a temporary project. It becomes a guaranteed outcome of accountability. The system shifts from optional support to required payment. The result is a stronger, fairer foundation for climate resilience. Success now depends on meeting historical obligations, not winning donor approval." }, { "source": 68, "target": 109, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 68, "target": 111, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 68, "target": 113, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 68, "target": 115, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 68, "target": 117, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 111, "target": 119, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 119, "target": 120, "relationship": "**Legal recognition of climate refugees without funded institutional support worsens conflict by increasing demand for services while leaving supply chains unchanged.**\n\nWhen countries rely mostly on foreign aid tied to specific projects, recognizing climate refugees without guaranteed funds creates gaps in accountability. This happens because aid is often restricted by donors for certain uses. As a result, local systems cannot fully absorb or manage new arrivals. Ethiopia's 2019 law tried to integrate Somali refugees into national planning. But donor rules still limit how aid can be used. This fragments oversight and weakens local control. Large aid programs from the World Bank or UNHCR work in isolation. They do not align with host countries' planning cycles. Recognition increases demand for services. But supply chains do not improve. This leads to more competition for scarce resources. Water and farmland are already under pressure in the Horn of Africa. Studies show these resources fall below what is needed for resilience. More refugees increase local tensions. Communities resist new arrivals. Emergency responses replace long-term governance. Legal rights exist on paper but not in practice. Without external support to strengthen institutions, recognizing refugees worsens conflict. Rights are acknowledged but not fulfilled." }, { "source": 97, "target": 121, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 121, "target": 122, "relationship": "**Mandatory climate reparations make resilience funding effective by replacing donor control with binding payments based on vulnerability, so frontline nations can lead their own adaptation.**\n\nA required fund for climate reparations would change how money flows to nations facing climate harm. The fund would rely on fixed international payments, not voluntary donations. This removes aid strings tied to powerful countries. Past climate aid often came with demands. Those demands reflected donor interests, not local needs. The Green Climate Fund gave money for specific projects. These projects often served the goals of wealthy donors. The new Loss and Damage Fund works differently. It follows a model based on actual risk and harm. Money would go where climate damage is worst. This is measured by science, not donor choice. Binding payment rules ensure funds flow without veto power. Voluntary systems let rich countries block or delay support. Mandatory payments stop this. Countries on the frontlines can act faster. They do not need approval from distant donors. Donor-driven programs often focus on financial oversight. The Pacific environment program showed this. It could not adapt quickly to real needs. When aid is not tied to conditions, it can respond to crises. It stops being a tool for control. It becomes a tool for real action. This shift changes who holds power. Vulnerable states gain control over planning. The key change is not more money. It is fairer access. Reparations based on duty, not charity, make climate responses truly effective." }, { "source": 103, "target": 123, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 123, "target": 124, "relationship": "**Resilience improves when mandatory reparations shift financial control to affected states, replacing donor-driven conditions with locally led planning.**\n\nWhen funding for climate refugees comes from mandatory reparations, receiving countries gain more control over how money is used. This breaks the cycle of dependency seen under voluntary funding programs. Those programs often tie money to donor interests and short-term projects. Mandatory reparations are based on historical responsibility for climate change. They create binding financial transfers that do not depend on donor approval. This shifts decision-making power to the affected nations. As a result, these countries can plan resilience measures on their own terms. Pacific Island nations have shown that tied funding often supports visible projects, not lasting solutions. But with stable and predictable reparations funding, long-term planning becomes possible. Infrastructure and governance can be built to meet local needs. The key change is not just more money, but a shift in power. Resilience is no longer defined by donors. It becomes a local priority shaped by real community needs." }, { "source": 70, "target": 125, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 70, "target": 127, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 70, "target": 129, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 70, "target": 131, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 70, "target": 133, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 70, "target": 135, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 70, "target": 137, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 137, "target": 139, "relationship": "__anchor__" }, { "source": 139, "target": 140, "relationship": "**Control over water stays with powerful groups because local councils uphold old hierarchies, making fair access unlikely even when systems appear inclusive.**\n\nIn areas where local leaders and governments share control over resources, formal systems often fail to ensure fair access. This happens because local councils reflect old clan hierarchies. These hierarchies favor powerful families and leave out women, young people, and lower-status groups. Even when rules require community participation, decisions still favor the elite. This is common in parts of the Horn of Africa, where ethnic federalism gives dominant groups legal control over land and water. When populations grow or displaced people return, councils often block access. They do this not by breaking rules but by using them selectively. Powerful factions within councils shape decisions to keep resources for themselves. This creates conflict between communities. The conflict arises not from lack of institutions but from how they are used. Even if resources per person drop only slightly, unfair sharing makes tensions worse. Local governance systems do not stop conflict when elites control them." } ], "query": "What happens when climate refugees seek asylum in regions already facing resource scarcity, exacerbating existing tensions and conflicts?" }