When I finished my presentation to the committee of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt where I was applying for the funding of this work, a professor who sat on the board declared: ‘Your topic doesn’t exist.’ He later clarified what he meant by this statement, explaining that he would like if I made climate conflicts a legal topic. His words stayed with me throughout the project. They reminded me that I had to be both brave and creative by entering new territory while also cautious and conscientious in order to insure that all conclusions would be relevant, substantial, convincing, and capable of withstanding criticism. I had to tackle two areas: the first—to establish whether climate change leads to conflict; the second—whether or not climate conflicts entail legal relevance. Thus, on the one hand I needed to cover the scientific bases and findings of many nonlegal researchers while on the other hand apply different bodies of international law to a new concept, a concept that I still cannot to this day claim with absolute certainty exists—absolute tangible evidence is still lacking. The logical way to proceed was to separate the term ‘climate conflict’ and apply international environmental law to the ‘climate’ component and the relevant elements of international law which cover conflicts to the ‘conflict’ component. Combining these findings together and analyzing the entire concept of ‘climate conflicts’ in the light of international law proved, however, to be most challenging. At times it was tempting to present an easy solution to the problem. Nevertheless, I sought, as accurately as possible, to present the hurdles that international law poses to a straightforward application to climate conflicts. Therefore, this study does not draw bold or groundbreaking conclusions but rather focuses on the meticulous observation and examination of international law. My aim was to expose the legal pitfalls regarding climate conflicts within the relevant areas of international law, particularly because climate conflicts are a new phenomenon. That said, the analysis also explores all possible side doors for an analogous application of international law to climate conflicts. In the end, a great deal of writing, research, and study were spent on a topic that allegedly does not exist.