Vulnerability to Climate Change: A Common Driver of (Im)Mobility and Radicalization in North Africa?

The interconnections among climate change, (im)mobility and radicalization have been mostly overlooked by the literature so far. In particular, few studies have investigated the role of vulnerability as explanatory variable of radicalization as well as of (im)mobility in the context of climate change. In the attempt to contribute to the academic debate on these dynamics, this Chapter aims to explore whether vulnerability to climate change may constitute a common factor influencing the decision (not) to leave an adverse environment and to join violent extremist groups in the particular context of North Africa. Although there is no clear-cut causal link among climate change, (im)mobility and radicalization, identifying recurring triggering factors in the sub-region may guide policy and legal actions to address related challenges.