Social Sciences Insights Journal

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2024): Social Sciences Insights Journal
Articles

Role of Climate Change in Afghanistan’s Geopolitical Power

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  • Fayaz Gul Mazloum Yar,
  • Karim Ullah Baidar,
  • Najeeb Ullah Talash
Fayaz Gul Mazloum Yar
Nangarhar University, Kabul-Jalalabad Highway, Daronta, Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Karim Ullah Baidar
Associate Professor at the University of Nangarhar, Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Najeeb Ullah Talash
Teaching Assistant at the Higher Education Institute of Nooristan, Kabul, Afghanistan

Published 2024-08-01

Keywords

  • Climate Change,
  • Global Warming,
  • Human Development,
  • Geopolitics,
  • Greenhouse Gasses

Copyright (c) 2024 Fayaz Gul Mazloum Yar, Shamsurahman Zahid, Jan Mohammad Miakhil (Author)

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Yar, F. G. M. ., Baidar, K. U., & Talash, N. U. (2024). Role of Climate Change in Afghanistan’s Geopolitical Power. Social Sciences Insights Journal, 2(2), 66-77. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13147579

Abstract

The most significant environmental threats today are global warming and climate change. The effects of climate change include water and food scarcity, disease, unemployment, migration, poverty, resource conflicts, and global instability. This study examines the role of climate change in Afghanistan’s geopolitical power. This study employs a descriptive-analytical approach and a survey method. The statistical research community includes experts and specialists in geopolitics, political science, climate science, and university professors. The questionnaire was distributed among them based on indicators related to climate change, development, and geopolitics. 80 questionnaires were collected. Based on these findings, a significant and inverse relationship exists between the impacts of climate change and development. Furthermore, the reduction in the development process has a significant and negative impact on Afghanistan’s geopolitical power. Finally, the reduction in development affects the change. Climate plays a mediating role in geopolitics. Then, the priority of parameters influencing climate change in geopolitics was discussed using Friedman’s comparison test. These parameters include 1) poverty and social anomalies, drought, and migration. In the suggestions section, it is emphasized that there is a need to implement effective methods, such as irrigation and the use of clean energy, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

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