Climate Change and Urban Violence Global Engagement Network (CCUVN)

Network Director: Dr Nausheen H. Anwar, IBA

Co-Director: Dr Arabella Fraser, Nottingham Research Fellow, Geography, University of Nottingham, UK

Network Manager: Sajjad Ahmad, IBA

The CCUVN is supported by the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) led by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and brings together UK researchers with collaborators from across the developing world.

A flooded Karachi neighbourhood on August 27, 2020 [Source: Image by: Alamy]

The GCRF Climate Change and Urban Violence Global Engagement Network (CCUVN) aims to promote new understanding and learning about the interactions between climate change and urban violence in the Global South, with a focus on non-conflict violence. Comprising of researchers and practitioners working across multiple geographies – including South America, sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and the UK – the Network is a pioneering initiative in examining the interface between urban violence and climate change research and practice. The two-year project is led by Professor Nausheen H. Anwar, Director, Karachi Urban Lab, at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, Pakistan, and in collaboration with the UK lead, Dr Arabella Fraser, School of Geography, Nottingham University.

Objectives

To generate inter-disciplinary and cross-regional knowledge about the linkages between climate change and urban violence.
To generate inter-disciplinary and cross-regional knowledge about the linkages between climate change and urban violence.
To raise the policy profile of the importance of considering urban violence-climate linkages, and the practical and ethical implications of the issues for policy and governance.

For further details about this project, visit main website: https://ccuvn.com/index.php