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How does climate exacerbate root causes of livestock-related conflicts in Kenya? Climate Security Pathway Analysis

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Title How does climate exacerbate root causes of livestock-related conflicts in Kenya? Climate Security Pathway Analysis
 
Creator Sax, Niklas
Santa Cruz, Leonardo Medina
Carneiro, Bia
Liebig, Theresa
Läderach, Peter
Pacillo, Grazia
 
Subject climate change
livestock
conflicts
pastoralism
 
Description This factsheet gives answers on how climate exacerbates root causes of livestock-related conflict in
Kenya, using an impact pathway analysis. Three main impact pathways are identified:
1. Resource Access and Availability: Climate variability and extreme events are degrading natural
resources and diminishing the availability of water and pasture, especially in the ASALs. A movement
toward areas where there is relatively more availability of water than in the dry grasslands is leading to
resource competition and conflict among pastoralist groups and between pastoralists and farmers.
2. Cattle Rustling and Raiding: The most prevalent form of conflict, particularly in the north of Kenya,
is the violent theft of cattle, also known as cattle rustling. Although cattle rustling has historically
served as a culturally embedded practice for wealth redistribution and as a rite of passage, the level
of violence has increased due to the scarcity of natural resources induced by the effects of climate
change.
3. Livelihood and food insecurity: The combination of climate change and conflict places severe
pressure on the livelihood and food security of pastoralists, overburdening their adaptive capacities.
The necessary and inherent mobility of transhumance is altered by the intensity of violence induced
by conflict over resources, leading pastoralists to remain in place or choose longer distances for their
migratory routes.
 
Date 2022
2023-01-24T11:45:24Z
2023-01-24T11:45:24Z
 
Type Brochure
 
Identifier Sax, N., Santa Cruz, L. M., Carneiro, B., Leibig, T., Laderach, P. and Pacillo, G. (2022) How does climate exacerbate root causes of livestock-related conflicts in Kenya? Climate Security Pathway Analysis. Climate Security Observatory Series Factsheet 2022/1. Rome, Italy: CGIAR Focus Climate Security.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128022
 
Language en
 
Relation Climate Security Observatory Series
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security