State Fragility and Cascading Climate Risks

Jan 15, 2026 | Kathryn Cheeseman
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The world is experiencing more conflict now than since 1946. State fragility, peace and security are increasingly at the forefront of development policy, which is seeing an overall trend towards ‘securitisation’. While limited funding for climate change adaptation is well-documented, can the framing of climate change as a ‘security’ issue unlock new avenues of financial potential, or will the actors driving action create more problems by overlooking issues of power?