Africa Climate Security Risk Assessment

The Africa Climate Security Risk Assessment (ACRA) is the first comprehensive study of climate security across Africa. It identifies climate security pathways across the African Union’s five regions and explores responses, good practices and recommendations, in order to inform the first Common African Position on climate change, peace and security.

To assess how climate change is and will continue to affect peace and security in Africa, the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU-PSC) requested this report. Led by the African Union Commission Department for Political Affairs, Peace and Security (AUC-PAPS) and adelphi and implemented with co-authors from various regional governmental and non-governmental organisations, the ACRA is the most comprehensive effort to date to understand climate change risks on African peace and security. Based on the ACRA, the African Union is currently developing a Common African Position on climate change, peace and security.

The ACRA provides an in-depth analysis of key climate security risks from a continental perspective and emerging good practices to address them. This comparative analysis is based on regional assessments for Northern Africa, Western Africa, Central Africa, Eastern Africa and Southern Africa that include the main climate security risk pathways for each region and regional responses and good practices. An additional focus is put on transregional geographies, in particular African island states, the Congo and Lake Chad Basin, transboundary waters, and the Sahel. The report outlines:

• 11 insights on climate change, peace and security in Africa
• Regional climate security risk pathways
• Existing responses and good practices
• 6 key recommendations

Download the regional chapters for Northern Africa, Western Africa, Central Africa, Eastern Africa and Southern Africa. 

View all ACRA infographics here.