Amid battles for water and grazing land, an awareness of local power dynamics is key, says United Nations adviser Christophe Hodder. Amid battles for water and grazing land, an awareness of local power dynamics is key, says United Nations adviser Christophe Hodder.
Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser . In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.Field researchers in conflict zones face great challenges owing to a lack of security, and the proliferation of gangs and extremist groups.
Between 2007 and 2020, I worked with many international organizations that help people in countries of conflict or disaster. These included the earthquakes in Haiti and Nepal, Ebola outbreaks in Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone and Liberia, and conflicts in Chad, northern Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 2011, I earned my master’s in public health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK.
Although Somalia is one of the lowest contributors to global warming, it is considered one of the most affected by climate change. Despite the violent conflict in the country, it was natural disasters that were behind the displacement of 66% of the around 2 million people forced to leave their homes in 2022.
Once during fieldwork in Chad, the local people suspected us of giving patient information to an armed group, which we weren’t doing. I regained the community’s trust through negotiation with leaders and by calming their fears — we worked out how to satisfy some concerns and to provide help that served the local community, such as making more medical and life-saving services available. In doing so, I managed to avoid our group being expelled from the area.
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