Weather Shocks and Conflict Triggers in Newly Identified Hotspots

A summary of weather shocks and triggers of conflict experienced in newly identified hotspots. The dataset is a 5.5 KB Excel file authored by Benson Kenduiywo and last updated on April 30, 2026. It is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license on the figshare platform.

Use Cases

• Identify correlations between specific weather events and conflict onset based on the described summary of triggers.
• Map newly identified conflict hotspots that are sensitive to climate shocks using the location information implied by the description.
• Analyze the temporal sequence of weather shocks preceding conflict events as suggested by the dataset's focus on triggers.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed (CC-BY-4.0) for broad reuse.
• File size is small (5.5 KB), facilitating quick download and inspection.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Benson Kenduiywo

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 17:50:41; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Newly identified hotspots (specific regions unknown)