Climate and Security in Nigeria – Articles & Reports

  1. Crisis Group Report: Herders against Farmers: Nigeria’s Expanding Deadly Conflict, 19 SEPTEMBER 2017 – Propelled by desertification, insecurity and the loss of grazing land to expanding settlements, the southward migration of Nigeria’s herders is causing violent competition over land with local farmers. To prevent the crisis from escalating, the government should strengthen security for herders and farmers, implement conflict resolution mechanisms and establish grazing reserves. https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/nigeria/252-herders-against-farmers-nigerias-expanding-deadly-conflict
  2. Michael Collins, Executive Director at the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) presented highlights of their recently launched “Ecological Threat Register (ETR)”.
  3. Reliefweb article: How could investments in climate change prevent future conflicts?
  4. Growing problem; climate change: https://reliefweb.int/report/world/how-climate-change-driving-conflict-africa 
  5. https://www.munkgc.com/ewg/the-impact-of-climate-change-on-farmer-herder-conflicts-in-nigeria/ 
  6. Dispatches from the frontlines of a conflict complicated by climate change (devp): https://www.devp.org/en/articles/dispatches-frontlines-conflict-complicated-climate-change 
  7. Sparkblue article: Climate finance for sustaining peace
  8. WEF article: Why tackling climate change will reduce conflict globally
  9. CNN article (rape epidemic) https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/23/africa/asequals-nigeria-rape-sexual-violence-intl/index.html
  10. Nigeria On the Brink of Collapse, Afenifere, Ohaneze, Northern Elders, Others Insist, 15 SEPTEMBER 2020, Daily Trust (Abuja), By Abdullateef Aliyu and Sani Ibrahim Paki https://allafrica.com/stories/202009150160.html
  11. SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS INTEGRATED STRATEGY FOR THE SAHEL https://unowas.unmissions.org/supporting-implementation-united-nations-integrated-strategy-sahel
  12. UN Support Plan for the Sahel WORKING TOGETHER FOR A PROSPEROUS AND PEACEFUL SAHEL https://www.un.org/africarenewal/sites/www.un.org.africarenewal/files/English%20Summary%20Report_0.pdf
  13. UNISS United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/UN_UNISS_Report_En.pdf
  14. African Union to deploy 3,000 troops in restive Sahel region Head of continental body’s Peace and Security Commission says the decision was taken at AU summit last month. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/2/27/african-union-to-deploy-3000-troops-in-restive-sahel-region
  15. AfDB pledges $6.5bn to help Sahel countries fight desertification https://www.africanews.com/2021/01/12/afdb-pledges-6-5bn-to-help-sahel-countries-fight-desertification//
  16. Fulani Herders vs. Farmers – Land scarcity, population growth, and herder restrictions spark ongoing violence between the Muslim Fulani herders and Christian farmers in Nigeria. https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=78f8e09004444d718cd7bb763c94f55a
  17. Niger Clash Kills U.S. and Nigerien Troops https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/niger/niger-clash-kills-us-and-nigerien-troops
  18. Facts about Nigeria (%) https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nigeria/
  19. Migration https://climatesan.org/violence-migration-climate-change/
  20. Cold storage https://climatesan.org/sme-cold-storage/
  21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communal_conflicts_in_Nigeria
  22. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram
  23. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD
  24. Brookings Article: How off-grid cold storage systems can help farmers reduce post-harvest losses by Benson Kibiti and Heinz StrubenhoffWednesday, October 16, 2019
  25. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2019/10/16/how-off-grid-cold-storage-systems-can-help-farmers-reduce-post-harvest-losses/
  26. In Nigeria, 45 percent of postharvest output spoils due to the unavailability of cold storage, resulting in a 25 percent loss of income for the country’s 93 million small farmers.