From Forecast to Prevention: Acting on Resource-Related Conflict Risks
Publisher: Water, Peace and Security
Author(s): Alexandre Mesnil, Susanne Schmeier, and Jakob Seidler
Date: 2022
Topics: Climate Change, Conflict Causes, Conflict Prevention, Renewable Resources
Early warning tools keep improving in their ability to predict resource-related conflict. However, preventive action on water, food and energy conflicts is still lagging behind. This policy paper discusses what elements decision and policy makers from the Sahel region need to move from conflict forecast to prevention. It summarizes the session “From forecast to prevention: Acting on re- source-related conflict risks” that was organized by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Water, Peace and Security (WPS) Partnership for the Stockholm World Water Week 2021.