A new report entitled "Climate change and conflict. Lessons from community conservancies in northern Kenya" has been published by the Conservation Development Centre, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, and Saferworld. It investigates the linkages between climate change and conflicts over natural resources in northern Kenya.



The report "Underdevelopment, Resource Scarcity, and Environmental Degradation - Task Forces on Strengthening Multilateral Security Capacity", published by the International Peace Institute, analyses how underdevelopment, resource scarcity, and environmental degradation threatens human life and well-being and influences the global geopolitical and economic landscape.



International Alert has recently published the paper "Climate Change, Conflict and Fragility – Understanding the linkages, shaping effective responses". The paper examines the interlinkages between climate change and conflict, analyses the resulting challenges, and provides policy recommendations to facilitate adaptation to climate change, particularly in fragile settings.



The Pacific Institute has released a fully updated Water Conflict Chronology. It now features more than 200 water conflicts, categorised and searchable by date, region, and type of conflict. For each conflict, the data base provides information on circumstances, parties involved and references. In addition, the website now offers an illustrative interactive map as well as a timeline.

Published in: ECC-Newsletter, December 2009