Climate Change and Conflict: Where does the youth constituency fall in the scope of things?
The nexus… It is really hard to talk about climate change without mentioning conflict. So where is the nexus? It’s pretty easy to see the connection. See, climate change manifests itself through the effects and events that result like droughts and food scarcity. There is one crucial aspect to everything though. Rafael Reuveny talks about migration of people displaced by climate change related occurrences [1] . It is easy to see his point. Migration of people induces conflict. The environment on the other hand majorly contributes to migration of people. Real People, Real Stories….. Musa from Mauritania explains this when he says that back home there is continuous conflict between people of various backgrounds as a result of movement of people. Nomads often move to find food for their animals. They end up having to encroach into areas occupied by farming communities and in the competition for resources, conflict ensues. Kennedy Liti from Kenya also exp