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CLICO (Climate Change, Hydro-Conflict and Human Security)
Jakob Rhyner
UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security, Bonn
12th WaterNet | WARFSA | GWP-SA Symposium
26 Oct 2011, Maputo, Mozambique
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UNU-FLORES
Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources
TU Dresden – Maputo
2nd Scoping Workshop Maputo, 24-25 Oct 2011
Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
EMSVA: Environmental Migration, Social Vulnerability & Adaptation Koko Warner
VARMAP: Vulnerability Assessment, Risk Management & Adaptive PlanningJoern Birkmann
EVES: Environmental Vulnerability & Ecosystem Services Fabrice Renaud
EGECHS: Enhancing Graduate Educational Capacities for Human SecurityJörg Szarzynski (since 1 Oct 2011)
Organized in 4 Sections:
Water related EHS projects in Africa
WASCAL – West African Science Service Center onClimate Change and Adapted Land Use
(Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire,
Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Gambia, Togo, Senegal). BMBF
GermanyCLICO – Climate Change Hydro-Conflict and Human Security (UNU-EHS: Case study Niger). European Commission FP7
Water related EHS projects in Africa
WASCAL – West African Science Service Center onClimate Change and Adapted Land Use
(Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire,
Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Gambia, Togo, Senegal). BMBF
GermanyCLICO – Climate Change Hydro-Conflict and Human Security (UNU-EHS: Case study Niger). European Commission FP7
A three year project (2010 - 2012) financed by the European Commission which mobilizes 14 research teams from Europe, North Africa, Sahel and the Middle East.
It aims to fill this gap in knowledge over the social dimensions of climate change.
It examines whether hydro-climatic hazards such as droughts and floods intensify social conflicts or whether they catalyse cooperation in the Mediterranean, Middle East and Sahel,.
Eleven cases of hydro-conflicts will be studied ranging from Niger, Sudan, the Jordan and Nile basins to Cyprus, Italy and the Sinai desert. A large dataset of hydro-conflicts in the Mediterranean, Middle East and Sahel will be regressed against climatic, hydrological and socio-economic variables
The CLICO project
Much of debate on climate change and hydrological impact focuses on national security and potential for armed conflict
In CLICO we complement this with attention to the regional and local scales and with a concern for the impacts of climate change on vulnerable livelihoods.
CLICO takes a critical look at the sources of vulnerabilities that undermine human security and the governance arrangements necessary to enhance adaptation.
Focus of CLICO
CLICO Case Studies
Mediterranean, Middle East and Sahel
The island of Cyprus
The Andalusia-Morocco biosphere
Sarno basin, Italy
Lower Ebro Basin, Spain
Niger
Alexandria, Egypt
Sudan
Seyhan Basin, Turkey
Jordan Basin
Sinai Desert, Egypt
Nile Basin, Ethiopia
Niger Case Study
Analyzes the human security through the lens of ecosystem services Divergent rural constituents: farmers and herders Focus on the local and regional scale Incorporate multi-level institutions
Q1: How have changes in ecosystem services, social vulnerability, and governance factors contributed to human insecurity amongst herders and farmers in Niger?
Q2: How are conflicting adaptation mechanisms enhancing conflict or cooperation relative to the institutional, environmental and social dynamics?
Main Research Questions
Methodology
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