Fatima Denton is Director of the Special Initiatives Division and Coordinator of the African Climate Policy Centre at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
Climate Change and Conflict: The Tail Wagging the Dog or New, Cascading Tensions and Inequalities?
Climate change continues to test our knowledge base, our governance mechanisms and coping strategies. However, looking at its impacts through the narrow filters of violence does fully capture the complexity of myriad social, cultural and economic change.