Climate Change: From Climate Crisis to Lasting Peace: How Smart Climate Action Can Reduce Conflict Worldwide

Feb 13, 2026
CoE-EDP, VisionRI
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Climate change is no longer just about rising temperatures or melting ice caps. In many parts of the world, it is becoming a driver of instability, deepening poverty, displacement and conflict. A new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), produced with the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding and supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and the Climate Security Mechanism, argues that climate action can either worsen these pressures or help societies move toward peace. The report, From Crisis to Resilience: Climate Solutions for Positive Peacebuilding, draws on real-world experiences from fragile and conflict-affected regions to show how climate solutions can also be peace solutions.