Climate Change: Climate Change Affecting Stability across West Africa and Sahel: UN Security Council

Jan 31, 2018 | Megan Darby, Climate Change News
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The UN Security Council has identified climate change as a driver of conflict across West Africa and the Sahel, in a statement published on Tuesday. It expands on a 2017 resolution linking the dramatic shrinking of Lake Chad to the rise of Boko Haram and other armed groups in the region.