Climate Wars: The Sahel
Will Robson investigates how climate change is acting as the catalyst to migration, violent disputes over water and the growth of brutal armed extremists in Africa's Sahel region.
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report identified the Sahel as a ‘climate change hot spot’, a region where human security is particularly threatened by the effects of global warming.
Will Robson explores the area’s war-torn history and investigates how climate change is acting as the catalyst to migration, violent disputes over water and the growth of brutal armed extremists. He hears from those caught in the middle of conflicts in Mali and the Lake Chad region and discovers how drought and rapid desertification are fanning the flames of violence.
Produced by Simon Jarvis and Tom Roseingrave. A Whistledown Production for the 91Èȱ¬ World Service.
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- Wed 28 Oct 2020 02:32GMT91Èȱ¬ World Service
- Wed 28 Oct 2020 05:32GMT91Èȱ¬ World Service South Asia
- Wed 28 Oct 2020 06:32GMT91Èȱ¬ World Service East Asia
- Wed 28 Oct 2020 09:06GMT91Èȱ¬ World Service
- Wed 28 Oct 2020 13:32GMT91Èȱ¬ World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Wed 28 Oct 2020 15:06GMT91Èȱ¬ World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
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- Sun 1 Nov 2020 11:32GMT91Èȱ¬ World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
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