This briefing explores how climate change is influencing human security and increasing community tensions in the Niger Delta. Data from PIND’s P4P Peace Map and interviews indicate that ongoing flooding, coastal erosion, and unpredictable rainfall, exacerbated by years of environmental degradation, are disrupting farming, fishing, and small businesses. These disruptions deepen poverty, displace families, and intensify competition for limited land and water. Climate-related damages, such as destroyed farms and unequal relief access, are fueling local conflicts and eroding social cohesion. Communities are adapting through measures like elevating homes, shoreline reinforcement, collective clean-ups, temporary migration, and environmental education. However, policy gaps and limited locally led adaptation efforts still hinder resilience. The briefing recommends strengthening community institutions, improving disaster early warning systems, enforcing environmental regulations, promoting climate-smart and conflict-sensitive planning, and fostering collaboration among stakeholders to protect livelihoods and promote sustainable peace in the Niger Delta.
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