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Evolution of Food Insecurity in Sudan during the Ongoing Conflict

2024 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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…

Climate Change and Conflict in the RUZIZI Plain (DRC)

2024 | Governance in Conflict Network, Angaza Institute, GEC-SH, and Conflict Research Group
Emery Mudinga, Godefroid Muzali, Josaphat Musamba, and Patient M. Polepoe

This report is based on a case study on the links between climate change and conflict dynamics in the Ruzizi Plain, South Kivu, eastern Democratic…

Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and International Migration: A Country-Level Analysis Considering Climatic Zones

2023 | Frontiers
Inma Martínez-Zarzoso, Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann, and Rafael Duarte Lisboa Paschoaleto

Climate change and natural disasters might increase the vulnerability of populations in affected regions. This article investigates the link between climatic events and bilateral migration…

Conflicts and Natural Disasters, Sources of Migration in the Twenty-First Century (chapter in "The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry")

2023 | Springer
Daniel Constantin Diaconu and Alexandra Grecu

The increasing number of people forced to find a new “home country,” even for a limited period, is due to conflicts and violence, political and…