Livelihood Security: Climate change, conflict and migration in - UNEP

In marginal pastoral areas, some herders have begun farming the land in order to survive, such as here in
Kjigari, Niger
and planning for the potential impacts of climate
change, many communities on the ground are
already seeking to adapt to the changes around
them. Indeed, innovative small-scale adaptation
initiatives can be found in various parts of the region.
One such example is the work of the Association
Zoramb Naagtaaba in Burkina Faso, discussed in
Case study 7. Furthermore, Annex 8 lists a number
of additional adaptation measures developed by
various local communities with respect to managing
floods and drought, as well as a number of
integrated adaptation strategies that can be drawn
upon to enhance resilience in the face of cumulative
changes in climate indicators.
This chapter has sought to explore the exacerbating
effect that changing climatic conditions are having
on population dynamics and conflict in the region,
in order to better inform both national and regional
climate change adaptation policies and make
the case for considering migration and conflict in
the design and implementation planning of these
policies. The following section takes a closer look
at how adaptation policies can provide an opportunity
for minimizing threats from climate change
through conflict prevention, migration planning and
improved governance.
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Livelihood Security: Climate Change, Migration and Conflict in the Sahel
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