Excerpt from thenewhumanitarian.org
As flood, fire, and fighting grow worse, the intersection of climate change and conflict is weighing increasingly heavily on humanitarians, who fear these complex drivers of crisis will only merge further as the planet heats and geopolitical faultlines fracture.
The past two UN climate summits saw rushes of high-level support and money for what was once a niche policy area, but experts are now sounding the alarm about the neglect of the climate, peace and security agenda at the COP30 summit in Brazil – and worry about what that means for communities caught up in converging crises.