On 22 March 2018, the UN Security Council held a discussion on the causes of conflict and human suffering in the Lake Chad Basin. Chitra Nagarajan, adelphi’s...
A recent article in Nature Climate Change has spurred a new chapter in the lively scholarly debate over the potential relationship between climate change and...
Cape Town is dealing with one of the biggest climate change-linked water crises to face a modern city. This should serve as our wake-up call: we must transition...
WATCH: Africa is extremely vulnerable to climate change. However, the continent is young and powerful. Why we have good reasons to be optimistic illustrates...
The Lake Chad region experiences a multitude of crises: lack of employment and education opportunities, resource scarcity and violent conflict, all exacerbated...
WATCH: In this video, Henk-Jan Brinkman, Chief of Policy, Planning and Application of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO), argues that one...
WATCH: The connections between climate change and the risk of violent conflict have become increasingly clear. Development aid organizations also take into...
WATCH: Soon, the World Bank will publish a flagship report on the role of develoment in the prevention of violent conflicts, together with several UN organs...
WATCH: Dan Smith, Director of SIPRI, explains why the Lake Chad Basin is one of the greatest trouble spots of our time, and what measures need to be taken. The...
Nigeria is ranked among the most fragile states in the world. The country faces significant water challenges, which vary greatly from one region to another...
WATCH: In April 2017, the UN Security Council sent a mission to the Lake Chad region, where the largest humanitarian crisis is currently playing out. Carl Skau...
WATCH: In drought-prone Ethiopia, pastoralists and farmers fight to control key resources, such as land and water. David Alemu works for Mercy Corps, a global...
Rapid population growth can impede efforts to combat poverty, particularly in places where environmental disasters and climate changes damage livelihoods...
WATCH: In this interview, Hamsatu Allamin, now affiliated with the Nigeria Stability & Reconciliation Programme (NSRP), sheds light on the dramatic causes and...
Of the 186 countries assessed in a recent survey of climate vulnerability, Chad was rated most in peril. A combination of high poverty, frequent conflicts, and...
Multiple stressors converge on the Lake Chad region. Unemployment, depleting resources, poverty and conflict interact with climate change. Prolonged severe...
Kenya is suffering from a devastating drought. The government has declared it a national disaster, with the Red Cross estimating 2.7 million people are in need...
Recognizing the risks to development posed by climate change and lessons learned on integrating environmental governance and peacebuilding, implementation of...
Sustaining peace in Kenya’s Kajiado County requires looking beyond climate change and recognizing the role of land privatization in pastoralists’ vulnerability...