Climate Change: Emerging Evidence of a Connection Between Climate Change and Armed Group Recruitment

Nov 3, 2022 | United Nations University
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Climate change has long been viewed as a threat multiplier that exacerbates fragility and conflict risks and new data suggests emerging evidence of a connection between climate change and armed group recruitment. The data was collected in climate-vulnerable conflict-affected areas in Iraq, Colombia, and Nigeria and was presented at Geneva Peace Week (31 October–4 November) by researchers from the Managing Exits from Armed Conflict (MEAC) initiative, a collaboration between the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR).