Conflict and climate risks are synonymous with cross-border communities in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Somalia, given their ecological and geographical positioning, and a history of marginalization by their respective governments. This assessment provides context specific highlights of the conflict and climate risks in the Moyale cluster that covers the borderlands of Kenya and Ethiopia.

Produced within the context of the Cross-Border Community Resilience (CBCR) Activity, this conflict and climate assessment lays the technical evidence base for identifying the main conflict and climate trends in the Moyale cluster, their dynamics and drivers, as well as opportunities for furthering social cohesion and climate risk adaptation initiatives. Such contextual information is important if the Cross-Border Community Resilience (CBCR) Activity is to have a meaningful impact among the communities.

Indeed, this assessment provides crucial evidence for designing evidence-based and context-sensitive social cohesion projects that also ensure conflict sensitivity in project implementation. In the same vein, the common and differentiated climate risks in the cluster, together with the evidence on the impacts of climate change on livelihoods, common coping and adaptation mechanisms (formal and informal), as well as the barriers and opportunities for climate risks mitigation that this assessment provides are useful foresights in the implementation of project activities. We therefore call upon implementing partners to utilize this assessment in their work plans in order to maximize positive impacts and minimize negative ones.