- 1 - Understanding and Responding to The Combined Impact Of Climate Change and Armed Conflict On People’s Lives A Literature Review Prepared for the ICRC May 17, 2019 By Yvonne Su and Karine Gagné Table of Content Summary ____________________________________________________________________ 2 Methodology _________________________________________________________________ 3 1. PEOPLE’S EXPERIENCE IN CONTEXT ____________________________________________ 4 1.1 Experience, Coping, Adaptation _______________________________________________ 4 1.2.1 Rural Environments _______________________________________________________ 7 1.2.1. a. Agriculture, Terrorism, and Violent Conflicts ________________________________ 7 1.2.1. b. Pastoralism and Violent Conflicts _________________________________________ 9 1.2.2 Urban Environments _____________________________________________________ 10 1.2.3 Situations of Displacement ________________________________________________ 11 1.3 Linking People’s Experiences to Types of Climate Shocks _________________________ 12 1.3.1 Drought _______________________________________________________________ 13 1.3.2 Desertification __________________________________________________________ 14 1.3.3 Flooding and Rain _______________________________________________________ 15 1.3.6 Implications of The Frequency of Shocks For People’s Experience _________________ 17 1.4 Regional Differences in People’s Experience and Coping and Adaptation Mechanisms __ 17 1.4.1 Sahel__________________________________________________________________ 18 1.4.2 Middle East and North Africa ______________________________________________ 19 1.4.3 South-East Asia _________________________________________________________ 20 1.4.4 Regions for Further Study _________________________________________________ 21 2. HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE___________________________________________________ 21 2.1 Responding to Armed Conflict and Climate Risk: Current Approaches _______________ 21 2.2 Recommendations _________________________________________________________ 24 Bibliography ________________________________________________________________ 27