The Climate Factor in Nigeria’s Farmer-Herder Violence

Publication Year
2021
Publisher
International Crisis Group
Abstract

Africa is especially vulnerable to climate change, as millions are already experiencing record heat, extreme precipitation and rising sea levels. Increasingly, the security implications of changing weather patterns are visible in deadly land resource disputes between farmers and herders across the continent – including in the continent’s most populous country, Nigeria.

Publication Topic
Geography
Economic Development
Infrastructure
Country
Publication Type
Policy Article