ABSTRACT
International humanitarian and development actors have shown growing interest in how climate change may impact on vulnerable populations in (post)conflict areas. Within the United Nations (UN) system, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP), and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) have all highlighted climate risks as relevant to their work in conflict-affected regions, including climate change adaptation (UNDP), post-conflict environmental assessments (UNEP), and disaster risk management (OCHA). By “(post)conflict” is meant areas with current or recent historical experience of violent conflict and/or foreign military occupation. Notwithstanding their different mandates, all three UN agencies have identified climate vulnerability as a legitimate thematic concern for assessing the potential sources of insecurity in societies marred by conflict.
