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|title=Myanmar, Climate Actions, Conflict and Peacebuilding (MyCClimate)
|subtitle=Climate change, armed conflict, land use, resource control, and local governance in Myanmar
|description=MyCClimate is a long-term research initiative led by the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). The project explores how communities in Myanmar experience and respond to climate change in the context of armed conflict, political instability, and ethnic diversity.

|projectlead=Dr Helene Maria Kyed
|duration=February 2023 – December 2026
|places=Myanmar, including Chin, Mon, Naga, and Karen regions
|funder=Danida Fellowship Centre (DFC)
|partners=Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS); Nyan Corridor; The Highland Institute (THI)
|projectstatus=Current Project

|overview=The MyCClimate project examines how communities in Myanmar experience and respond to climate change within the broader context of armed conflict, political instability, and ethnic diversity. The project conducts community-based research in contested areas, including Chin, Mon, Naga, and Karen regions. Using ethnographic and qualitative methods, it investigates how climate change affects land use, resource control, and local governance, and how climate actions can contribute to peacebuilding or deepen existing tensions. The project centres the voices and experiences of local communities and seeks to inform climate interventions that are context-sensitive and conflict-aware.

|objectives=<ul style="margin:0; padding-left:20px;">
<li>Strengthen social science understanding of climate, development, and agrarian change in Nagaland through grounded empirical research.</li>
<li>Generate evidence on how local livelihoods, land use, and environmental changes are interconnected in order to inform context-sensitive policies and practices.</li>
<li>Build a collaborative research environment that enhances local researchers’ capacity, supports publication, and promotes knowledge-sharing with communities, policymakers, and wider audiences.</li>
</ul>

|themes=To be confirmed.

|methodology=The project uses community-based, ethnographic, and qualitative research in contested areas of Myanmar.

|activities=<ul style="margin:0; padding-left:20px;">
<li>Community-based research in contested areas, including Chin, Mon, Naga, and Karen regions.</li>
<li>Ethnographic and qualitative research.</li>
<li>Collaborative research and capacity-building activities.</li>
<li>Publications and knowledge-sharing activities.</li>
<li>Workshops and public engagement.</li>
</ul>

|outcomesheading=Outcomes
|outcomes=<p>The project documentation identifies a special issue of <em>Highlander</em> as an important project output. The special issue aims to advance understanding of climate, development, and agrarian change in Nagaland through empirical research.</p>
<p>The documented outcomes also include contributions to academic debate and policy and practice, as well as strengthening research capacity through collaborative work, publications, knowledge-sharing activities, workshops, and public engagement.</p>

|team=<strong>Dr Helene Maria Kyed</strong> — Principal Investigator<br>
<strong>Lue Htar</strong> — Senior Researcher, February 2023 – December 2026<br>
<strong>Tarini Manchanda</strong> — Senior Researcher, February 2023 – December 2023<br>
<strong>Joseph Venuh</strong> — Driver and Field Assistant, March 2023 – December 2025<br>
<strong>Sholu Movi</strong> — Associate Researcher, March 2024 – May 2026

|partnerdetails=Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS); Nyan Corridor; The Highland Institute (THI).

|participants=Local communities in contested areas, including Chin, Mon, Naga, and Karen regions.

|knowledgerecords=To be confirmed.

|publications=<ul style="margin:0; padding-left:20px;">
<li>Special issue of <em>Highlander</em> — full citation and publication details to be added.</li>
</ul>

|filmsmedia=To be confirmed.

|relatedplaces=To be confirmed.

|related=To be confirmed.

|sources=<ul style="margin:0; padding-left:20px;">
<li>The Highland Institute, THI Project List: Myanmar, Climate Actions, Conflict and Peacebuilding (MyCClimate).</li>
</ul>

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|editorialnote=This page is based on the THI Project List and is under editorial review.
|editorialstatus=PUBLIC — DRAFT
|lastreviewed=7 October 2026
}}