Climate change doesn’t just threaten the environment — it threatens peace. When droughts dry up harvests, floods displace families, and resources grow scarce, communities under pressure fracture faster. Climate stress doesn’t create conflict on its own, but it pours fuel on tensions that are already burning.

Did You Know?

• By 2030, climate change could push an additional 120 million people into poverty — with the heaviest impacts falling on communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Small Island Developing States that have contributed least to global emissions yet face the most severe consequences. (World Bank, Groundswell Report, 2021)
• Climate change is a recognized threat multiplier for conflict. The UN Security Council has formally acknowledged that resource scarcity driven by climate stress — shrinking water supplies, failing harvests, and disappearing livelihoods — intensifies existing social, ethnic, and political tensions in already fragile regions. (UN Security Council / IPCC)
• An estimated 216 million people could be forced to migrate within their own countries by 2050 due to climate impacts including rising seas, extreme heat, and water scarcity — creating one of the largest internal displacement crises in human history and a profound driver of future instability. (World Bank, Groundswell Report, 2021)
  Eleven of the twelve countries most vulnerable to climate change are also among the world’s most fragile or conflict-affected states — meaning the populations least equipped to adapt are simultaneously bearing the heaviest burden of both climate stress and violence. (Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative / Fund for Peace Fragile States Index)