Consequences of conflict that exacerbate vulnerability to climate change include: displacement, loss of access to employment leading to illegal livelihoods, gender-based violence, lack of land tenure, low literacy, poor access to social and health services, destruction, looting and theft of key assets, such as houses, food stocks and livestock, among others . Such impacts perpetuate cycles of poverty , making conflict- affected populations more susceptible to suffer from climate-related events . For example, in Mindanao, Philippines, poverty is closely linked to long-standing armed conflicts; both climate change and conflict have significantly increased smallholder vulnerability, resulting in loss of livelihoods, financial assets, agricultural yield and the worsening of debt problems . In Colombia, displacement induced by conflict has pushed the population to live in high-risk areas such as steep slopes susceptible to landslides and river banks exposed to flooding . This conflict-induced vulnerability, with little adaptation activity, has in turn resulted in climate-related disasters .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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