Climate change can be exacerbated by anthropogenic factors (human induced actions) such as unsustainable use of land, broad scale deforestation, major technological and socio-economic shifts with reduced reliance on organic fuel, and the accelerated uptake of fossil fuels,among others (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005

Natural resources driven conflict will replace ideology driven conflicts . Climate change and environmental challenges affect heavily fragile states and societies

Studies have found that 80% of people displaced by climate change are women. The economic and health impacts of more prolonged droughts, reduced food production, and severe weather events are disproportionately felt by women

Climate change - is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods