Deadline: 20-Jun-25
The African Group of Negotiators Expert Support is delighted to seek applications for its Climate, Peace and Security Programme designed to respond to the need by equipping diverse stakeholders with the necessary knowledge, tools and skills aimed at building practical, cross-cutting solutions for sustainable peace and resilience in the face of the climate crisis.
The Programme emerges at a critical juncture where environmental change is increasingly influencing global peace and security dynamics. The accelerating impacts of climate change, ranging from prolonged droughts and rising sea levels to extreme weather events, are intensifying existing social, political, and economic pressures.
In many regions of Africa, these pressures contribute to heightened competition over natural resources, displacement of populations, and increased vulnerability to conflict, particularly in already fragile countries. Recognizing these growing interlinkages, the international community has call for integrated approaches that address climate change as a driver and multiplier of insecurity.
Mission
- To empower current and future leaders with the interdisciplinary knowledge and practical tools needed to address the nexus of climate change, peace, and security through inclusive dialogue, informed policy-making, and strategic action.
Goal
- The goal is to build a cadre of informed, skilled, and responsive professionals to advance knowledge exchange, cooperation and preventive diplomacy to address climate-induced security threats through climate-informed early warning systems at local, national, and global levels.
Aim
- The aim is to develop the capacity of professionals with analytical and practical skills to assess climate-related security risks and design appropriate, conflict-sensitive, sustainable peace and climate-resilient responses.
Programme Specifications
- The Programme’s units include:
- Introduction to Climate Change and Environmental Stressors
- Fundamentals of Climate, Peace and Security
- Climate Security Nexus: Theoretical and Practical Approaches
- Climate Change and Human Mobility
- Early Warning Systems and Climate Risk Assessment Tools
- Integrating Climate into Peace and Conflict Prevention
- UPolicy and Governance for Climate-Security
- Scenario Planning, Simulation, and Action Planning
- Project
Expected Outcomes
- By the end of the programme, learners will be able to:
- Evaluate the concepts and frameworks at the intersection of climate, peace, and security on different people
- Conduct integrated conflict and climate analysis, including by using a gender and social inclusion lens.
- Provide entry points and apply conflict-sensitive approaches for policymaking and programme designs that integrate peace, security and gender equality objective
- Expected learning outcomes:
- A cadre of trained professionals equipped to bridge climate and security agendas
- Improved capacity to manage climate-security risks exacerbating existing tensions or create new threats and design context-appropriate, conflict-sensitive climate action.
- Capacity to apply integrated analytical approaches to assess climate-related security risks
- Strengthened networks of local and institutional collaboration on climate, peace, and security
Eligibility Criteria
- Policymakers and government officials in climate and security sectors
- Peacebuilders and conflict resolution practitioners
- Environmental and humanitarian NGOs
- Military and security personnel
- Academics, researchers, and students in related fields
- Staff of the UN and international agencies
- Community leaders and civil society actors working in conflict-affected areas
For more information, visit AGNES.