Climate Change, Conflict and Internal Displacement in Afghanistan: 'We Are Struggling to Survive'
Publisher: Overseas Development Institute
Author(s): Kerrie Holloway, Zaki Ullah, Dastgir Ahmadi, Elham Hakimi, and Aaftab Ullah
Date: 2022
Topics: Climate Change, Conflict Causes, Gender, Humanitarian Assistance, Land, Livelihoods, Renewable Resources
Countries: Afghanistan
Afghanistan faces one of the world’s most complex crises. Recurring cycles of conflict, violence and natural hazard-related disasters – often exacerbated by climate change – interact to create overlapping vulnerabilities and multiple displacements. Forty years of conflict have destroyed transport, water and energy infrastructure, restricted development and increased deforestation across the country.