Ulrich Eberle Fellow, Future of Conflict Please submit all media inquiries to media@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Crisis Group Role As a Future of Conflict Fellow and member of the climate change and conflict work stream, Ulrich Eberle integrates quantitative analysis and spatial data to assess climate related security risks across Crisis Group’s regions. He is also a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University’s Empirical Studies of Conflict Project. Professional Background Ulrich was previously based at the London School of Economics. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Lausanne, where he studied resource-related dimensions of conflicts. Current research projects include the causal analysis of the farmer-herder conflict in the Sahel and a global assessment of violence associated with dams. Further information on his research can be found here. Areas of Expertise Quantitative analysis Climate security Infrastructure and trans-boundary water disputes Resource scarcity Ethnic tensions Languages English German Latest Updates Interactive / Climate Change and Conflict 22 April 2021 The Climate Factor in Nigeria’s Farmer-Herder Violence Africa is especially vulnerable to climate change, as millions are already experiencing record heat, extreme precipitation and rising sea levels. Increasingly, the security implications of changing weather patterns are visible in deadly land resource disputes between farmers and herders across the continent – including in the continent’s most populous country, Nigeria.