The Climate Factor in Nigeria's Farmer-Herder Violence [Infographic]
Publisher: Crisis Group
Author(s): Ulrich Eberle
Date: 2021
Topics: Climate Change, Conflict Causes, Land, Livelihoods, Renewable Resources
Countries: Nigeria
Africa is especially vulnerable to climate change, as millions are already experiencing record heat, extreme precipitation and rising sea levels. Increasingly, the security implications of changing weather patterns are visible in deadly land resource disputes between farmers and herders across the continent – including in the continent’s most populous country, Nigeria.