ABSTRACT
Driven by increased concern about the implications of climate change on national and international foreign policy agenda, climate change impacts on conflict have increasingly entered the agenda of donor agencies and development organisations. Whilst geopolitical implications of climate change are broad, ranging from implications on population change and demographics,
the food-water-energy nexus, and climate related movements of people, the focus of policy and research has been on climate and conflict. In his speech of the Nobel Peace Prize, US President Obama warned with respect to climate change “that if we do nothing, we will face more drought, more famine, more mass displacement, all of which will fuel more conflict for decades”.1
