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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Myanmar (2024)
Publisher: SIPRI
SIPRI, Stockholm:
May, 2024
This Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet is focused on Myanmar and the series of conflict- and climate-related issues that face the country. The fact sheet offers a range of recommended actions for the international community to address these issues effectively. Myanmar is home to one of the highest concentrations of people vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, with 40 per cent of the population residing in low-lying and coastal regions. Following a military takeover in 2021, the establishment of the State Administration Council (SAC) was met with broad popular resistance, retriggering confrontations with ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) and local anti-junta militias. Conflict has exacerbated the country’s vulnerability to climate change and environmental degradation.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)/EDITORS
Dr Kyungmee Kim is an Associate Researcher in the SIPRI Climate Change and Risk Programme.
Nadine Andersen is a Research Assistant in the SIPRI Climate Change and Risk Programme.
Katongo Seyuba is a Research Assistant in the SIPRI Climate Change and Risk Programme.
Kheira Tarif is a Researcher in the SIPRI Climate Change and Risk Programme.
Dr Thor Olav Iversen is a Senior Researcher in NUPI’s Climate, Peace and Security Risks Project.
Ingvild Brodtkorb Ingvild Brodtkorb is a Junior Research Fellow at NUPI and works on Africa-Nordic Cooperation in the Research group for Peace, Conflict and Development.