Conflict & Climate: Drivers of Disaster, 2019 Early Warning Forecast

Publication language
English
Pages
14pp
Date published
02 Jan 2019
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Conflict, violence & peace, Environment & climate, System-wide performance
Countries
Syria, Yemen, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo
Organisations
Lutheran World Relief
Link
https://lwr.exposure.co/conflict-climate-drivers-of-disaster

Conflict and climate change . . . These will be two of the most critical driving forces behind humanitarian emergencies over the next year and into the foreseeable future, even if their effects are indirect.

The countries and regions on the 2019 Watch List include:

  • Yemen: the world's worst humanitarian catastrophe
  • Are superstorms the new normal?
  • A legacy of suffering in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Undermining the Palestinian health system in East Jerusalem
  • Venezuela fuels a regional crisis
  • A regional crisis deteriorates in the Lake Chad Basin
  • The shrinking humanitarian space