Le processus de PNA et la consolidation de la paix

The document argues that for fragile states, climate change and conflict often share drivers and mutually reinforce each other, making the integration of adaptation planning and peacebuilding essential. It highlights how the NAP process, through its long-term, holistic, and participatory nature, can serve as a platform for conflict prevention and trust-building. The text provides examples from countries like Sudan, Burkina Faso, and Palestine where climate adaptation is used to mitigate resource-based conflicts or where active conflict severely hinders adaptation capacity. It concludes by identifying key challenges, including the need for transboundary planning and the inclusion of marginalized populations like refugees.

• Fragile states often exhibit the highest climate vulnerabilities globally due to a combination of high sensitivity to climate risks, economic dependence on climate-sensitive sectors like agriculture, and histories of weak governance, conflict, and poverty.
• Climate risks and conflict risks frequently share the same drivers, including poverty, historical inequalities, marginalization, and institutional weakness, creating a cycle where climate impacts can trigger conflict and violence in turn weakens the governance needed for climate resilience.
• Conflict severely impairs the technical capacity for climate adaptation by destroying meteorological infrastructure and causing the loss of skilled personnel; for example, in Rwanda, rain gauge stations dropped from 100 in 1990 to nearly zero after the 1994 genocide, and in Afghanistan, the Taliban closed the national meteorological authority and burned archives in 1996.
• The NAP process is well-suited for peacebuilding because its medium- and long-term timelines align with the duration required for economic recovery from major conflict, which averages 22 years.
• Several countries use NAPs as a mechanism to prevent conflicts over shared natural resources, specifically water and land, particularly between pastoralists and farmers in Togo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Sudan, and Burkina Faso.
• In some cases, active conflict is identified as a primary source of climate vulnerability that limits adaptation options; the State of Palestine's NAP notes that Israeli airstrikes in 2008, 2012, and 2014 destroyed agricultural facilities, and ongoing restrictions on movement and technology imports hinder adaptation.
• Despite the inclusive goals of the NAP process, certain highly vulnerable groups, such as refugees, are generally absent from existing NAP processes in both host and destination countries.

APA

Crawford, A., & Church, C. (2020). Le processus de PNA et la consolidation de la paix. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/napgn-fr-2020-the-nap-process-and-peacebuilding.pdf

Chicago

Crawford, Alec, and Clare Church. Le processus de PNA et la consolidation de la paix. NAP Global Network, 2020. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/napgn-fr-2020-the-nap-process-and-peacebuilding.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{crawford2020processus, author = {Crawford, Alec and Church, Clare}, title = {{Le processus de PNA et la consolidation de la paix}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2020}, month = feb, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/napgn-fr-2020-the-nap-process-and-peacebuilding.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }