This climate security risk assessment for RMI is intended to meet priority action 1.3 of the Boe Declaration Action Plan to improve understanding of climate-related security risks in RMI. It is the first of its kind of assessment for the country and provides an in-depth understanding of the security implications from climate change. It goes beyond traditional security and conflict assessments by looking at how climate change and environmental factors can contribute to increased insecurity.

Even though this assessment acknowledges the dynamic, rapidly evolving, and complex nature of the issues covered it does not intend to constitute an exhaustive and conclusive analysis. This assessment is a living document that further adds to traditional climate assessments by looking at the social and political dimensions of climate change and its knock-on effects on the stability of society and state.