Uncovering the environmental dimensions of conflict in and around Lake Chad.
The challenge
Conflict in the Lake Chad region unfolds within a complex socio-ecological system in which the environment, climate change, natural resource economy and livelihoods, governance structures, demographic pressures, and insecurity interact in complex ways.
The project
The Peace and Security Risks from the Borderlands of the Lake Chad (CPS-Lake Chad) project examines locally driven regional stabilisation efforts in the contexts of the Lake Chad region by scrutinizing whether and how such efforts have contributed to preventing and managing climate change-related peace and security risks. The two-year research project is funded by The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) through the Cross-border Conflict Evidence, Policy, and Trends (XCEPT) research program.
Our Transformative Approach
GRID-Arendal’s contribution, together with other outputs from the CPS-Lake Chad Project, feeds into an emerging systems level understanding of conflict and insecurity in the Lake Chad region. This evolving perspective can be further strengthened through multidisciplinary and participative approaches that will also be well placed to co-create effective strategies for building sustainable peace and security in the region.
Why It Matters
The CPS-Lake Chad project examines the effects and implications of the Regional Stabilisation Strategy (RSS) response framework adopted in the Lake Chad Basin in 2018. In doing so, the project generates insights into the factors that influence effectiveness, and to identify elements that could be used to help guide future similar response initiatives also beyond the context of Lake Chad Region.
