Integrating Conflict Sensitivity and Peacebuilding Into Nigerias National Adaptation Plan Process

The report analyzes how climate change acts as a driver of conflict in Nigeria, specifically through resource competition, livelihood loss, and displacement. It details the interaction between environmental stressors and security issues, such as farmer-herder clashes and recruitment into armed groups like Boko Haram. The document proposes a five-step sequence to mainstream conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding into the National Adaptation Plan (NAP), ranging from institutional framework development to the inclusion of peacebuilding markers in monitoring and evaluation.

• Climate change exacerbates conflict in Nigeria by driving resource competition and altering migration patterns, notably causing herders to arrive on farms before harvests, which leads to violent clashes with sedentary farmers.
• Climate-induced flooding increases vulnerability in urban areas, as seen in Maiduguri in September 2024, where the collapse of the Alau Dam displaced over 239,000 people and complicated the situation for existing internally displaced persons fleeing Boko Haram.
• In the Niger Delta and coastal areas like Lagos, rising sea levels and coastal erosion destroy homes and livelihoods, fueling community tensions and grievances over environmental injustices.
• Rural youth facing climate-related crop failures and unemployment are at high risk of radicalization; in Kebbi state, idle youth in Argungu were identified as potential recruits for the Lakurawa terrorist group.
• The report recommends a five-step sequence for integrating conflict sensitivity into the NAP: supporting institutional frameworks, integrating sensitivity into the Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA) and formulation, ensuring conflict-sensitive implementation, including peacebuilding provisions, and adding peacebuilding markers to the M&E framework.

APA

Albert, P. I. O. (2025). Integrating Conflict Sensitivity and Peacebuilding Into Nigerias National Adaptation Plan Process. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/nigeria-conflict-peacebuilding-v7.pdf

Chicago

Albert, Prof. Isaac Olawale. Integrating Conflict Sensitivity and Peacebuilding Into Nigerias National Adaptation Plan Process. NAP Global Network, 2025. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/nigeria-conflict-peacebuilding-v7.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{albert2025integrating, author = {Albert, Prof. Isaac Olawale}, title = {{Integrating Conflict Sensitivity and Peacebuilding Into Nigerias National Adaptation Plan Process}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2025}, month = may, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/nigeria-conflict-peacebuilding-v7.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }