Myanmar, Climate Actions, Conflict and Peacebuilding (MyCClimate)
Conflict and Peacebuilding
(MyCClimate)
in Myanmar and its borderland regions.
December 2026
Centre (DFC)
Myanmar, Climate Actions, Conflict and Peacebuilding (MyCClimate) is a collaborative international research project examining how climate change intersects with conflict, governance, livelihoods, and peacebuilding in Myanmar and its borderland regions. Led by Helene Maria Kyed at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), the project brings together researchers and local partners to investigate how communities experience and respond to environmental change amid political instability, armed conflict, and shifting socio-economic conditions.
The project explores how climate change influences land use, natural resource governance, migration, and local livelihoods, while also examining whether climate interventions contribute to peacebuilding or deepen existing tensions. Through ethnographic and community-based research, MyCClimate seeks to generate locally grounded knowledge that can inform conflict-sensitive climate adaptation policies and development initiatives.
The project has contributed to advancing understanding of climate change, development, and agrarian transformation through grounded empirical research. Findings have informed academic debate, policy discussions, and public engagement on climate governance and environmental change.
A major outcome has been the development of publications, workshops, and collaborative knowledge-sharing initiatives, including contributions to a special issue of the Highlander Journal. The project has strengthened local research capacity by supporting collaborative fieldwork, publication efforts, and engagement with communities, policymakers, and wider audiences.
February 2023 – December 2026
February 2023 – December 2023
March 2023 – December 2025
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