The Nexus of Climate and Conflict in the Lake Chad Region: What We Know, Don’t Know and Need to Know
Uche Okpara,
Sulaiman Yunus
Abstract:Despite the substantial body of knowledge available on the nexus between climate and conflict, this knowledge remains scattered, fragmented and incomplete. There are varying interpretations of how the nexus plays out, as well as different perceptions of the spectrum of "climate conflict" in fragile and conflict-affected areas. This is particularly the case in the Lake Chad region, an area that is often portrayed as a unique "testbed" for understanding climate conflict relations. This study systematically mappe… Show more
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