The UN Agenda 2030 and the Climate-Security Nexus in Africa
There is a growing bulk of studies on global climate changes and conflicts. It has been argued that climate change may be a triggering factor to conflicts and wars, especially in societies with poor governance. This study explores the climate-security nexus in Africa. It is argued that the global cl...
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| description | There is a growing bulk of studies on global climate changes and conflicts. It has been argued that climate change may be a triggering factor to conflicts and wars, especially in societies with poor governance. This study explores the climate-security nexus in Africa. It is argued that the global climate change provides profound state and human security challenges to African governments and people. Scarcity of vital resources in food, water, sanitation and health has challenged political and economic structures, infrastructure and integration. This has also been due to poorly governed states with authoritarianism, corruption, ethnic divisions and fragile, dysfunctional institutions. The war in Darfur is a tragic, but illustrative example of the climate change-security nexus of our time. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-06e87557a91c43399755b93853a3ff2a2022-12-22T04:40:03ZengUniversity of GdanskJournal of Geography, Politics and Society2451-22492021-06-01112344310.26881/jpgs.2021.2.04The UN Agenda 2030 and the Climate-Security Nexus in Africa Daniel Silander 0Linnaeus University There is a growing bulk of studies on global climate changes and conflicts. It has been argued that climate change may be a triggering factor to conflicts and wars, especially in societies with poor governance. This study explores the climate-security nexus in Africa. It is argued that the global climate change provides profound state and human security challenges to African governments and people. Scarcity of vital resources in food, water, sanitation and health has challenged political and economic structures, infrastructure and integration. This has also been due to poorly governed states with authoritarianism, corruption, ethnic divisions and fragile, dysfunctional institutions. The war in Darfur is a tragic, but illustrative example of the climate change-security nexus of our time.https://czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/JGPS/article/view/5923/5178climate changesecuritypoor governanceafrica |
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| title | The UN Agenda 2030 and the Climate-Security Nexus in Africa |
| title_full | The UN Agenda 2030 and the Climate-Security Nexus in Africa |
| title_fullStr | The UN Agenda 2030 and the Climate-Security Nexus in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The UN Agenda 2030 and the Climate-Security Nexus in Africa |
| title_short | The UN Agenda 2030 and the Climate-Security Nexus in Africa |
| title_sort | un agenda 2030 and the climate security nexus in africa |
| topic | climate change security poor governance africa |
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