How armed groups shape climate adaptation efforts in Yemen
Albert Souza Mülli
Yemen has lost 60 percent of its per capita water availability since 1990, yet received just USD 0.60 per person in adaptation finance between 2015 and 2021.
In the gap, armed groups are regulating water, leading emergency response, and banning construction in flood corridors. The motives of these armed groups are mixed, and there are real ethical risks. But climate action doesn’t need a functioning central state, and it can work if it’s built on legitimacy and led by communities.
