In his presentation "The Impact of COVID-19 on Climate Change, Land-use, Human Security and Violent Conflict", Janpeter Schilling dealt with the question of how the corona pandemic affects climate change, land use, human security and armed conflict. The presentation was part of the session "Modeling Human Dynamics in Integrated Social-Environmental Systems" at the conference of the American Association of Geographers.

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of people around the world. The aim of the presentation is to analyze and discuss some of the major impacts of the pandemic on climate change, land use, human security and violent conflict. For this purpose, a comprehensive literature review was combined with an analysis of relevant socio-economic climate and conflict data. The result shows that the decline in the global economy in 2020 led to fewer greenhouse gas emissions than in previous years, but that the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere in 2020 was still the tenth highest since records began. Above all, the already vulnerable groups without formal employment contracts or social and health insurance have been hit hardest by the pandemic. In terms of human security, the inequality is most evident when looking at the availability of COVID-19 vaccines. Food insecurity has risen sharply since the outbreak of the pandemic, particularly in poorer and conflict-affected countries. The impact of the pandemic on violent conflict appears to have been temporary. During the lockdowns, which mainly took place in March and April 2020, the number of conflicts declined, mainly because the number of protests decreased. Afterwards, the level of violence in most regions of the world returned to pre-pandemic levels. In summary, it can be said that the pandemic represents a further level of risk in addition to the existing risks from violent conflicts, overuse of resources and climate change.

In his presentation "The Impact of COVID-19 on Climate Change, Land-use, Human Security and Violent Conflict", Janpeter Schilling dealt with the question of how the corona pandemic affects climate change, land use, human security and armed conflict. The presentation was part of the session "Modeling Human Dynamics in Integrated Social-Environmental Systems" at the conference of the American Association of Geographers.

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of people around the world. The aim of the presentation is to analyze and discuss some of the major impacts of the pandemic on climate change, land use, human security and violent conflict. For this purpose, a comprehensive literature review was combined with an analysis of relevant socio-economic climate and conflict data. The result shows that the decline in the global economy in 2020 led to fewer greenhouse gas emissions than in previous years, but that the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere in 2020 was still the tenth highest since records began. Above all, the already vulnerable groups without formal employment contracts or social and health insurance have been hit hardest by the pandemic. In terms of human security, the inequality is most evident when looking at the availability of COVID-19 vaccines. Food insecurity has risen sharply since the outbreak of the pandemic, particularly in poorer and conflict-affected countries. The impact of the pandemic on violent conflict appears to have been temporary. During the lockdowns, which mainly took place in March and April 2020, the number of conflicts declined, mainly because the number of protests decreased. Afterwards, the level of violence in most regions of the world returned to pre-pandemic levels. In summary, it can be said that the pandemic represents a further level of risk in addition to the existing risks from violent conflicts, overuse of resources and climate change.