Alameda Institute’s Post

What is the scope for humanitarian reform in the era of climate change? I had the privilege of joining a group of experts to discuss this topic led by @EleanorDavey & Fernando Espada @savechildrenuk. A report is to be published soon but key takeaways for me include: 💡 How is the climate-humanitarian nexus understood and adapted to locally? What can learn from that? I expect it to be similar to other nexus approaches where local actors saw humanitarian, development, peace and security as interconnected as opposed to international approaches that divided them into separate sectors. 💡 Climate for me is a contextual factor like conflict. Do we then think about climate sensitivity/awareness as we do we conflict sensitivity? What does that mean for humanitarian engagement? More anticipatory action and funding? Possibly. 💡 How do we deal with data inequalities? Data on climate variability is extremely limited in the Global South. Any discussions about reform or including a climate focus needs to be underpinned by a realisation that we know much more now about conflict dynamics than climate variability in most humanitarian crises. Many thanks to Alameda Institute and Save the Children International for convening this discussion. I'll be mulling over it for a while!