Water: How Conflict-Sensitive Water Management Builds Peace: Lessons from CGIAR’s Training with Egypt’s NWRC

Apr 22, 2025 | Ibukun Taiwo
CGIAR
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Climate change is straining water supplies and heightening community tensions. Evidence shows that when water scarcity rises within certain contexts, the risk of conflict increases. The Pacific Institute’s Water Conflict Chronology has, for example, identified 184 recorded instances of water-based conflict in north and sub-Saharan Africa since 2020, primarily occurring at the local level within and between communities.