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Climate change and conflict in Africa - case study Darfur
Donkoh, Bright
The aim of the thesis is to analyse possible relationship between the climate change, conflict and security level in Darfur, Sudan. The prevalence of drought, inconsistency in rainfall, desertification and other consequences ensuing from environmental changes weaken the adaptability capacity of the African continent. The Earth's climate has changed throughout the history of man. In the last 650,000 years, there have been seven cycles of glacial movement and retreat coupled with the abrupt end of the last ice age about 7,000 years ago which marked the beginning of the modern climate era and of human civilization and development. The indicators of climate change in Darfur deepened in 1980s when the region observed a severe famine and drought, as a result more people are competing for access to land, water and other natural resources in Darfur region. During 2003, the conflict turned to be an armed conflict among the various tribes over natural resources, particularly water and land. Individuals in Darfur have been devastated by war, and its aftermath has been sorrowful story of suffering, displacement, death, among others. Simultaneously, the war has become one of the most distorted and misunderstood conflicts in history of recent years. Experts and activists have oversimplified the causes of the conflict, slighting its historical and systemic origins. The study examined the extent to which conflicts are erupted as a result of geographical variations, thus climate change. This is especially using the Darfur region as a case study. A case study method was adopted to better enable the researcher to meet the intended research objectives for this study. Through this study, it has been shown that deterioration in the climate and environment alone may not lead to conflict, as local populations have learned to adapt to their environments. This is when it becomes associated with other social, economic and political factors that aggravate scarcity that conflict become more probable.
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