Developing Climate-sensitive Conflict Prevention Approaches

Violent conflicts are getting worse and deadlier. The number of civil wars has tripled. There has been a growth of transnational criminal networks and radical groups in the past decade.

Climate change is worsening these conflicts and impacting transboundary water resources, food security, sea levels, flood risks, and migration, affecting nations. The report says that these challenges will require large-scale climate adaptation and mitigation.

Adam Day and Jessica Caus present the “Conflict Prevention in an Era of Climate Change” report, which aims to support the United Nations (UN) and its partners in developing climate-sensitive conflict prevention approaches.

The report is divided into three parts.

Part 1 reviews the literature on the relationship between climate change and violent conflicts.

Part 2 covers Bangladesh and Nigeria in an in-depth case study of the various ways environmental changes compound the effects of conflicts on each country.

Part 3 offers conclusions and recommendations based on the literature review, interviews with experts, roundtable discussions in March 2020, and discussions with practitioners in the field.

This report is relevant and useful to the UN field representatives, policymakers, decision-makers, and others working on conflict prevention, stabilisation, peace-building, and climate adaptation and mitigation.

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