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.