Climate Change and Security: Perspectives from the Field
Publisher: UN University Centre for Policy Research
Author(s): Adam Day
Date: 2020
Topics: Climate Change, Conflict Causes, Conflict Prevention, Gender, Governance
Countries: Bangladesh, Chad, Guatemala, Jordan, Maldives, Nigeria, Tunisia
This policy brief examines the issue of climate- security primarily from the perspective of UN field offices around the world. It draws principally on aset of 10 forthcoming case studies commissioned by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Oslo Governance Centre through the UNDP- DPPA Joint Programme on Building National Capacities for Conflict Prevention. They were commissioned on the occasion of the fourth cohort of the Peace and Development. Advisors (PDAs) Fellowship on climate-related security risks and sustaining peace that was organized in Stockholm in December 2019 in partnership with the Folke Bernadotte Academy. These studies were produced by PDAs and other field-based advisers deployed in Bangladesh, Chad, the Caribbean, Jordan, Guatemala, the Maldives, Nigeria, Tunisia and UN officers in regional hubs in Nairobi and Dakar.6 The brief aims to capture common themes and lessons across these studies, also identifying areas where further work might help bolster future UN policies and practice. This brief complements the Climate Security Mechanism’s global quick scan of UN efforts to address climate-related security risks and can be used by practitioners to inform new research and programming.