Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet, Afghanistan
Publisher: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Date: 2022
Topics: Climate Change, Disasters, Gender, Humanitarian Assistance, Renewable Resources
Countries: Afghanistan
Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change: rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns and increasingly frequent extreme weather events. Currently, Afghanistan is experiencing its worst drought in 27 years, which, compounded with COVID-19 and the economic contraction that followed the takeover of the government by the Taliban in August 2021, has significantly increased livelihood and food insecurity and contributed to a growing humanitarian emergency.