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The intersection of mobility, environmental and climate change, and conflict in the East and Horn of Africa: A synthesis of the existing knowledge and remaining research

Using case studies of eight countries, including South Sudan, this report examines how environmental degradation, climate change, and conflict intersect with human mobility and vice versa. The article found that environmental degradation, climate change and conflict affect human mobility; and that human mobility affects environmental management, especially natural resource management, land use and ecological sustainability. This contributes to environmental degradation, causing overexploitation of water sources, forest cover, and arable land. The study suggests further research on the causes of the interlinkages and the use of humanitarian–development–peacebuilding nexus approaches to deal with the interlinkages between conflict, climate and displacement.