Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder used the Armed Conflict and Location Event Dataset (ACLED) to study the relationship between climate change and conflict in East Africa. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that the relationship between climate and conflict is country specific and that social, political, and economic factors play a greater role than climate with regard to conflict. ACLED is directed by CCAPS researcher Clionadh Raleigh, Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin.