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Governments push to bring climate risks into counterterrorism planning

Kenya, Germany and international partners seek to integrate climate-related risks into efforts to prevent violent extremism.

Traffic in Nairobi, where the U.N. Environment Program is located.
Traffic in Nairobi, where the U.N. Environment Program is located. A new framework highlights growing efforts to bridge climate, development and security issues in conflict-affected countries. (Michael Njoroge/Unsplash)

Climate change is being treated more as a security issue rather than solely an environmental one, as governments and international organizations seek to incorporate climate-related risks into efforts to prevent violent extremism and terrorism.

Officials from Kenya, Germany, the United Nations Development Program and the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund this week launched a new framework aimed at helping policymakers and practitioners address the growing intersection between climate stress, instability and violent extremism.

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