Humanitarian Assistance
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Gender Dynamics Within Food Systems in Displacement Contexts: Experiences from Displaced Populations in Nampula, Mozambique
2025
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Frontiers
Thea Synnestvedt, Gracsious Maviza, and Mandlenkosi Maphosa
In Nampula province, Mozambique, internally displaced and refugee communities live in settlements situated at the outskirts of Nampula city. This paper explores the intersection of…
The Environmental Costs of the War in Sudan
2025
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Conflict and Environment Observatory
The ongoing conflict in Sudan has profoundly impacted its environment but these consequences have received little attention. CEOBS has been monitoring the conflict’s environmental dimensions…
Is Food Security National Security? [Audio]
2025
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Center for Strategic and International Studies
Caitlin Welsh
US government investments in global food security have traditionally received strong bipartisan support from policymakers, either explicitly or implicitly, on moral, economic, and national security…
Somalia: IPC Acute Food Insecurity and Malnutrition Snapshot | January - June 2025
2025
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Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
Nearly 3.4 million people or 17 percent of Somalia’s population are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, classified in IPC AFI Phase 3 or…
Preventing Starvation Crimes: Lessons Learned from Tigray
2025
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Stimson Center
Shane Goetz
Despite the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2417 six years ago, conflict continues to drive acute food insecurity around the globe. From Gaza to…
Mutual Aid in Times of Crisis. Case Study: Australia
2025
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Groupe URD
Claire McLisky and Emma Pittaway
This report considers the forms, characteristics and dynamics of mutual aid, and the relationship between mutual aid and official responses, in Greater Uki, located in…
L'Entraide en Temps de Crise : Étude de Cas Tchad
2025
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Groupe URD
Cécile Petitdemange and Aline Hubert
This case study was chosen because Chad is one of the most vulnerable countries and the least prepared for climate change, and is very frequently…
MiRCH Update: Military Responses to Climate Disasters across the United States
2025
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Center for Climate and Security
Tom Ellison
The Center for Climate and Security’s (CCS) Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) tracker now includes 501 deployments in 97 countries between June 2022 and…
Twelve Research Agendas for Advancing the Peace-Sustainability Nexus
2025
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Peace and Sustainability
Dahlia Simangan, Joshua Fisher, Tobias Ide, Vally Koubi, Ayyoob Sharifi, Katherine Alfredo, John Lee Candelaria, Simon Dalby, Cullen Hendrix, Ali Kharrazi, Úrsula Oswald-Spring, and Joyashree Roy
The world's social and environmental systems are currently experiencing an increase in the number of conflicts and irreversible human-induced changes. While destabilizing, these changes offer…
Climate Change Adaptation in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings: Conflict and Peace Considerations in Project Design
2025
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Environment and Security
Jonas Bergman
There is a growing overlap between countries most affected by climate change and those affected by conflict and fragility. This paper addresses the need for…
Nexus Dynamics: The Impact of Environmental Vulnerabilities and Climate Change on Refugee Camps
2024
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Oxford Open Climate Change
Pablo Bose
Climate change and forced migration are often thought about in terms of the sheer numbers of people who might be displaced by a transforming environment.…
Evolution of Food Insecurity in Sudan during the Ongoing Conflict
2024
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International Food Policy Research Institute
Oliver K. Kirui, Khalid Siddig, Monica Fisher, Hala Abushama, Mosab Ahmed, Mariam Raouf, and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse
Sudan's food security landscape has been dramatically impacted by the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which…
Scoping Conflict-Linked Environmental Harm in Southern Lebanon
2025
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Conflict and Environment Observatory
Rob Watson and Jay Lindle
Alongside its civilian impact, the intensification of the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict after October 2023 had grave consequences for the environment. This post by Rob Watson and…
Environmental Crimes and Forced Migration: An Overlooked Nexus
2024
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IAI Istituto Affari Internazionali
Chiara Scissa
The nexus between climate change, disasters and migration has been, and still is, widely explored by scholars. Yet, most research studies focus on the role…
Climate and Water-Related Vulnerabilities in Refugee Hosting Communities in Northern Jordan: Irbid and Ramtha Municipalities
2024
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International Water Management Institute
Jordan is one of the most water-scarce countries in the world and hosts the second-highest share of refugees per capita in the world. A fast-increasing…
No Escape – On the Frontlines of Climate Change, Conflict and Forced Displacement
2024
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees
The impacts of climate change are also exacerbating drivers of displacement, both within and beyond national borders. Over the past 10 years, weather-related disasters have…
Household Level WASH & Protection Assessment in Gaza (October 2024)
2024
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
The Gaza Strip, particularly Khan Younis area, faces critical challenges in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) and Protection Services. Prolonged conflict, limited resources, and infrastructural…
Climate Security in South Sudan: A Conversation with Ratia Tekenet [Audio]
2024
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New Security Beat
Wilson Center
In today’s episode of New Security Broadcast, ECSP Director Lauren Risi interviews Ratia Tekenet, a Climate Security Expert with the UN Mission in South Sudan…
Environmental Impact of the Conflict in Gaza: Preliminary Assessment of Environmental Impacts
2024
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UNEP
This Preliminary Assessment was prepared by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It is an initial response to an official request from the State of…
Ukraine: Reframing the Narrative of Climate, Environmental Degradation and Conflict
2024
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International Rescue Committee
Clément Iraola and Beatrice Mosello
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, the war in Ukraine has been in the spotlight, largely due to its dire human toll and geopolitical…
Refugee Settlements Are Highly Exposed to Extreme Weather Conditions
2024
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Sonja Fransen, Anja Werntges, Alexander Hunns, Mikhail Sirenko, and Tina Comes
Refugee settlements are often located in countries most vulnerable to climate variability. This article provides a systematic analysis examining the exposure to slow- and rapid-onset…
Emergent Network Patterns of Internal Displacement in Somalia Driven by Natural Disasters and Conflicts
2024
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Global Environmental Change
Woi Oh, Rachata Muneepeerakul, Daniel Rubenstein, and Simon Levin
In Somalia, extreme droughts, floods, and conflicts have generated a great wave of internally displaced persons (IDPs) involuntarily moving within the country’s boundaries. Despite increasing…
Divergent Dynamics: Disasters and Conflicts as 'Drivers' of Internal Displacement?
2023
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Disasters
David James Cantor
Disasters and conflicts are both widely recognised as ‘drivers’ of internal displacement. Yet, despite a growing body of research and policy, there has been little…
Cyclones and Violence against Civilians: Evidence from the Cabo Delgado Insurgency
2023
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Environment and Security
Benjamin E. Bagozzi, Thomas S. Benson, and Ore Koren
Do natural shocks increase insurgent rates of civilian victimization? We consider one case of a natural shock that directly affected an ongoing rebellion, Mozambique’s Cabo…
Climate Change, Migration, and Farmer-Herder Conflict in Ghana
2022
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Conflict Resolution Quarterly
Abdul K. Issifu, Francis D. Darko, and Sebastian A. Paalo
Climate change, migration, and conflict have been featured prominently in academic and policy literature. While Africa remains the major reference point, studies on key conflict…
Deforestation as a Site of Conflict and Differentiation: The Case of the Rohingya Refugee Influx in the Teknaf Wildlife Sanctuary
2024
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Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Tasfia Ahmen and Priyong Sabastini
The migration of refugees and displaced persons has previously been linked to deforestation globally, with reports of clashes over resources and forest rights being associated…
Gender in Civil-Military Climate Security and Disaster Response: Co-Creating Gender-Transformative Approaches amid the Global Climate Crisis
2024
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Pacific Forum International
Maryruth Belsey Priebe and Tevvi Bullock
With the growing frequency, intensity, and severity of climate crisis events and disasters, defense and security institutions will be increasingly called upon to provide humanitarian…
Planet on the Move: Reimagining Conservation at the Intersection of Migration, Environmental Change and Conflict
2024
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
E. Hsiao, R. Matthew, P. Le Billon, and G. Saintz, with Omer Aijazi, Josh Ayers, Carl Bruch, Malvern Chikanya, Alec Crawford, Janet Edmond, Fonna Forman, Lauren Herzer Risi, Jason Houston, Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao, Kanta Kumari Rigaud, Ann Jacee Le, Rebecca
Our living planet is and has always been on the move. Many species move in search of necessities such as food, water, shelter, reproduction, and safety.…
The Impact of Climate Change on Forced Migration in the Sahel: Human Rights Perspective
2024
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Canadian Social Science
Jerome A. Nenger, Nancy U. Odimegwu, Casmir N. Nwankwo
Climate change casts a long shadow on Nigeria’s Sahel region, driving environmental degradation, disrupting livelihoods, and displacing communities. The consequences are grave leaving the most…
Nexus between Climate Change, Conflict, and Human Security in Nigeria
2024
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Nnamdi Azikiwe Journal of Political Science
Asmau Isyaku Dutse
This paper delves into the intricate relationship between climate change, conflict, human security, and displacement in Nigeria, shedding light on the key drivers, impacts, and…