Cabot Climate Change, Security Risks and Conflict Reduction in Africa

A Case Study of Farmer-Herder Conflicts over Natural Resources in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Burkina Faso 1960–2000
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-642-29237-8
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 12, 190 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace

Millions
of people are already affected by weather-related shocks every year in West
Africa and climate change is highly likely to increase these threats. In the
wake of climate change, rising temperatures, increasingly irregular rainfall
and more frequent natural hazards will endanger the ways of life of vulnerable
population groups in this region and destabilize their human security. A surge
in violence and conflicts could take place. One of the conflict constellations
could be between farmers and herders. These groups are highly vulnerable to
climate change due to their dependence on natural resources Millions of people are already affected by weather-related shocks every year in West Africa and climate change is highly likely to increase these threats. In the wake of climate change, rising temperatures, increasingly irregular rainfall and more frequent natural hazards will endanger the ways of life of vulnerable population groups in this region and destabilize their human security.A surge in violence and conflicts could take place. One of the conflict constellations could be between farmers and herders. These groups are highly vulnerable to climate change due to their dependence on natural resources for their subsistence. Furthermore, they are historically prone to enter into conflict over issues of access to natural resources. However, social, economic and political circumstances fundamentally influence environmental conflicts. There might thus be opportunities to face the societal challenges of climate change in a peaceful way and the political and institutional framework could play an important role in reducing conflict and violence. In order to explore such a path, this study analyses the potential of political factors (policies and institutions) for the reduction of climate-change-induced or  aggravated conflicts between farmers and herders. After a theoretical demonstration, a case study of agro-pastoral conflicts in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, andGhana is conducted. their
subsistence. Furthermore, they are historically prone to enter into conflict
over issues of access to natural resources. However, social, economic and
political circumstances fundamentally influence environmental conflicts. There
might thus be opportunities to face the societal challenges of climate change
in a peaceful way and the political and institutional framework could play an
important role in reducing conflict and violence. In order to explore such a
path, this study analyses the potential of political factors (policies and institutions)
for the reduction of climate-change-induced or -aggravated conflicts between
farmers and herders. After a theoretical demonstration, a case study of
agro-pastoral conflicts in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ghana is conducted.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cabot, Charlène

Inhaltsverzeichnis

From the Contents: Part 1: The climate induced Degradation and increased Scarcity of Resources as Factors challenging security.- Introduction into current Climate Change, Conflict Concerns and Farmer-Herder Conflicts.- Literature Review: Causal Linkages between Environmental Change and Conflict.- Part 2: Theoretical Background: The Importance of Political Factors in a precarious Human and Environmental Security challenged by global, regional and local Environmental Changes.- Theoretical Prisms: Human and Environmental Security and Conflict Reduction.- The Role of Political Factors in Undermining or Maintaining Environmental and Human Security in a context of Climate Change.- Part 3: Case Study: Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.- Background Information.- Methodological Approach to the Case Study.- Study of the three Research Hypotheses in the three selected Countries.

Über Autor(innen)

Charlène Cabot (born 1988 in France) completed her undergraduate studies in Political and Social Sciences at Sciences Po Paris and at the University of Sydney. Ms Cabot subsequently obtained a double Master’s degree in International Relations from Sciences Po Paris and the Free University of Berlin with a major in Sustainable Development and Environmental Politics (2011). Ms Cabot joined the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in December 2011. After working in Germany, Senegal, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, and in the Policy and Programme Division at WFP headquarters, she is currently based in N’Djamena (Chad).