Livelihood Security Climate Change, Migration and Conflict in the Sahel

This technical document presents the findings of a mapping process analyzing climate trends over a 24 to 36-year period in 17 countries, from the Atlantic coast to Chad. In particular, it identifies 19 “climate hotspots” where climatic changes have been the most severe. Several of the identified hotspots that have been most impacted by flooding, are located in the central part of the Sahel, in Niger, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria. Key recommendations presented in the document include: adopting migration and conflict-sensitive adaptation policies; promoting regional environmental cooperation in addressing climate change, migration and conflict; rooting national adaptation policies in the Green Economy and promoting the creation of green jobs; strengthening preventive action; and using conflict and/or migration risk to prioritize investments and build donor commitment to long-term engagement in the Sahel.