STOCKHOLM, 05 Sept. - (ANA) - SIPRI has released a policy brief today that shares insights on collaborative co-funding approaches to environmental peacebuilding in Somalia titled “From Conflict to Collaboration: Co-funding Environmental Peacebuilding in South-central Somalia:

 

Somalia is experiencing significant impacts of climate change. Its climate-related vulnerabilities are exacerbated by the enduring effects of more than three decades of violent conflict and fragmented governance. As the effects of climate change become more pronounced, their interaction with social, economic and political realities threatens to create challenges that are complex and difficult to address. There is a need for policies and programmes that tackle climate change and conflict in tandem, but gaps persist in knowledge and evidence to inform actions under such policies and programmes. 

 

This SIPRI Policy Brief explores how the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Somalia uses a co-funding mechanism for facilitating collaboration between groups in conflict on addressing shared local priorities. In south-central Somalia, IOM has applied the co-funding mechanism to projects that aim to address local climate-related vulnerabilities, build relationships between communities in conflict and strengthen the role of district councils. This policy brief finds that elements of this approach to project design can support environmental peacebuilding in contexts exposed to climate change and affected by conflict and offers recommendations for organizations and other donors with relevant mandates.

 

 

 

 

Kheira Tarif is a Researcher in the SIPRI Climate Change and Risk Programme.    - (ANA) -

 

 

To download the full publication, visit: https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2024-09/pb_2409_conflict_to_collaboration_co-funding_climate_action_for_peace_in_south-central_somalia_0.pdf

 

 

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