Ecological Threat Report 2022: Analysing Ecological Threats, Resilience & Peace
Publisher: Institute for Economics and Peace
Date: 2022
Topics: Assessment, Basic Services, Climate Change, Conflict Causes, Extractive Resources, Land, Livelihoods, Renewable Resources
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (DRC), Congo (Republic), Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Guinea, Haiti, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Uganda, Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Each year, the ETR analyses ecological threats to assess which countries are most at risk from conflict, civil unrest and displacement caused by ecological degradation, and climate-related events. The main finding from the ETR is that without concerted action, current levels of ecological degradation will worsen, intensifying existing conflicts, becoming a catalyst for new conflicts, and increasing forced migration.
The report analyses ecological risk, societal resilience, and peace for 228 countries and territories, 3,638 administrative districts, and 250 cities, assessing their ability to manage their challenges between now and 2050. It also highlights 27 ‘hotspot’ countries1, home to an estimated 768 million people, which face the worst ecological threats and have the lowest societal resilience. 23 of the 27 are in sub-Saharan Africa and MENA.