Countries: Syrian Arab Republic, Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory Source: Disasters Emergency Committee Please refer to the attached file. Environmental degradation and climate change are among the greatest challenges humanity must reckon with.…
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Countries: Syrian Arab Republic, Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory
Source: Disasters Emergency Committee
Please refer to the attached file.
Environmental degradation and climate change are among the greatest challenges humanity must reckon with. Across Disaster Emergency Committee-funded responses in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank (known as the DEC Middle East Humanitarian Appeal), and the DEC Myanmar Earthquake Appeal, climate-related pressures are not only intensifying vulnerability but also interacting with governance failures, resource constraints and conflict dynamics to produce differentiated and compounded risks.
Climate change and conflict do not simply coexist—they amplify one another, with environmental stress fuelling instability and violence, while conflict in turn undermines the adaptive capacities
communities need to withstand a changing climate. Violence and new forms of hybrid warfare only perpetuate this dynamic, affecting the response capabilities of humanitarians. To address this, the report examines how DEC members respond to vulnerabilities and disasters created and exacerbated by the intersections of climate, environment and conflict. It also looks at the strategies DEC members (and the sector more widely) can adopt to deliver more effective climate-sensitive responses in conflict-affected environments.
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