Climate change induced instability and conflicts: Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger
Journal: JANUS NET e-journal of International Relation
Year: 2025

The nexus between climate change, instability and conflicts finds Africa, and specifically the Central Sahel (Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger), a fertile field for its operationalisation.In this sub-region where there is already a very high potential for instability and conflict, climate change will intensify this situation by acting as a threat multiplier.This article tries to explore this link, explaining that climate change is not a grassroots cause of this instability, but will act as an exacer