On Thursday, April 19th, 2018, a panel of experts was held by the Red Cross and the African Development Bank in Abuja, Nigeria. Invited to comment on the present situation in the Sahel as well as to present the past and current work of the various organizations invited.

Ce jeudi 19 avril 2018, se tenait un panel d’experts organisé par la Croix-Rouge ainsi que la Banque de Développement Africaine à Abuja au Nigéria. Avec pour thème « Impacts combinés du changement climatique et des conflits armés dans le Sahel », ce panel en diffusion live réunissaient des experts de haut niveau impliqués à l'échelle régionale. États des lieux et pistes de solutions sont explorées.

Where in the world will people’s lives be affected by water issues by the year 2050? What is the impact of the growing global population, further urbanisation and climate change on these water risks, the food supply and migration?

Les conflits locaux pour les ressources naturelles au Mali débordent sur d’autres régions et Ils ne sont pas toujours circonscrits ce qui crées le risque de conflits ailleurs. Pourtant, ceux-ci sont souvent traités séparément au lieu d’être envisagés de façon globale. Cette note de politique analyse les différents conflits locaux et régionaux liés à l’utilisation de ressources et leurs répercussions internes au Mali.

Le Mali est particulièrement vulnérable aux effets du changement climatique. Afn de réduire cette vulnérabilité, le nombre d’affrontements violents entre les différents utilisateurs des terres et d’augmenter la capacité d’adaptation des différents groupes, le gouvernement malien devrait envisager à promouvoir l’hétérogénéité ethnique, d’endosser le mode de vie pastorale, de renforcer une synergie positive entre les différents groupes, de créer un cadre unifé de gestion des ressources et de promouvoir une saine administration.

Security in the African continent is severely undermined by climate-related impacts such as droughts, floods and conflicts for resources. However, deep-seated ad-hoc approaches hinder a long-term perspective over the effects of these shocks on the continent's development. Aliou Dia, Africa Team Leader Climate Change and Energy at UNDP, stresses the need to mainstream climate security in national and regional agendas as a development issue.

Edited by Shirley V. Scott and Charlotte Ku, this forward-looking book examines the scope and options for the United Nations Security Council to respond to climate insecurity. A cross-disciplinary team of experts addresses the range of political and legal considerations involved, including, the scope for adapting existing Council tools to address the challenge of climate change, the legality and legitimacy of doing so, the attitude of the P5 and EU, and Council action to date.

Increasing vulnerability of coastal military bases, an opening polar route in the Arctic, and global instability are main threats that bring climate change to the focus of the US Defense Department. Sharon Burke, Senior Advisor to New America and former Assistant Secretary for US Defense, describes how the military balances preparedness for climate impacts with challenges arising from the current US government.

The Planetary Security Initiative, SIPRI and Adelphi have the pleasure to announce a side event during the 2018 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development, on the 7th of May 2018. This side event will present up-to-date findings from the project, plus a briefing on a joint field mission and an outline of next steps for action on climate-fragility risks in Lake Chad.

On March 31st, 2018, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously the Resolution 2408,  reaffirming climate change as one of the factors that destabilize the region and induce conflict in Somalia.