Nigeria: Climate War. Migratory Adaptation and Farmer-Herder Conflicts.

Climate change and its impacts on the physical environment have received increased attention in recent years, spurring debates on its global and local dimensions. While a common ground has been reached on its causes, manifestations and options for mitigation, its human security implications remain poorly understood. Links between climate change and social conflict is one of the most controversial issues in the climate change impacts assessment literature as priorities diverge between generalised scientific validity (pedagogy) and context-based security analysis (policy). This paper examines climate change-conflict linkages drawing upon experiences of migrant pastoralists and arable farming host communities in Nigeria. It found a strong causal linkage between exposure to impacts of climate change and growing incidence of conflict over renewable natural resources. It recommends contextualised analyses of the linkage as well as the integration of climate-related conflict into Nigeria's security policy frameworks particularly, its climate change impact assessment and intervention strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]