Monday, November 18, 2024, 11:30 AM – 1 PM EST

Danielle Jung -- Associate Professor, Political Science

“Rebel Governance in the Age of Climate Change”

Climate-induced hazards have been increasing in frequency and intensity and are projected to worsen in the next decades even under stringent climate mitigation policy. Understanding of climate responses globally and in conflict-affected countries in particular, however, is limited. Much of the attention from academics and practitioners focuses on government responses at the national level or on the implementation of climate agreements and treaties. The roles of many other actors, from traditional authorities and community leaders to armed groups and criminal organizations, are still poorly understood. Despite a large literature on rebel governance, there is currently little recognition of the fact that rebel groups engage in environmental governance and how their actions are impacted by climate change. We build on existing knowledge of alternative governance to introduce, theorize, and empirically examine climate governance by rebel groups using novel data on rebel environmental governance.