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Dr Johan Schaar
Associate Senior Fellow
Dr Johan Schaar
Johan Schaar is an Associate Senior Fellow in the SIPRI Middle East and North Africa Programme. Johan is currently the chair of ALNAP, an international humanitarian network for learning and system improvement, and a member of the Expert Group for Aid Studies. He was recently in charge of Swedish aid to Palestine at the Swedish Consulate General in Jerusalem. He has worked at the World Resources Institute in Washington DC, was the Director of the International Commission on Climate Change and Development, launched by the Swedish Government and a member of the IUCN Council.
During his years with Sida he respectively led the Departments for Policy Support, Climate Change and Environment, and the Humanitarian Unit. He has worked for the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement and the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan with field postings in Asia.
Subject expertise
Adaptation to climate change, climate security, environment, humanitarian affairs, disaster risk reduction, complex emergencies.
Regional expertise
East and South East Asia, the Middle East.
CONTACT Dr Johan Schaar
Languages
Swedish, English, French
Education
PhD, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Citizenship
Sweden
SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS
- A Confluence of Crises: On Water, Climate and Security in the Middle East and North Africa (SIPRI, Stockholm: July 2019)
External publications
- Schaar, J., Är klimatförändringarna en konfliktrisk? in Willman, Anna. (Red.) Klimatet och den nya världsordningen, p. 116-137, Fores (2022)
- Schaar, J., The Burden of the Unintended.The Humanitarian Consequences of Sanctions and the Role of the Red Cross Red Crescent, Swedish Red Cross (2021)
- Schaar, J., Addressing Climate-Related Security Risks in the Middle East and North Africa, UNDPPA, UNEP (2021)
- Schaar, J., Antikorruption och jämställdhet – så ser unga araber på världen och sig själva, Mänsklig säkerhet (Jan 2021)
- Schaar, J., What the World Can Do about the Middle East’s Coming Environmental Crisis, The Century Foundation (Dec 2020)
- Schaar, J., The Geopolitical Impact of Climate Change in the Mediterranean Region, in IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook 2018
- Schaar, J., The relationship between climate change and violent conflict, Sida (2018)
- Schaar, J., Resilience – equilibrium or justice?, ALNAP (8 February 2018)
- Schaar, J., Migrationens utvecklingseffekter, Mänsklig säkerhet (31 Jan 2018)
- Schaar, J., Resiliens - jämvikt eller rättvisa?, Mänsklig säkerhet (21 Nov 2017)
- Schaar, J., Families under occupation unable to protect their children, Mänsklig Säkerhet (5 Nov 2017)
- Schaar, J., East Jerusalem – a rough and occupied city, Utrikesmagasinet (30 May 2017)
- Magnan, A.K., Schipper, E.L.F., Schaar, J. et al., Addressing the risk of maladaptation to climate change, WIREs Climate Change (2016)
- Fisher, S., Dinshaw, A., McGray, H., Rai, N., Schaar, J., Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation: Learning From Methods in International Development, in D. Bours, C. McGinn, & P. Pringle (Eds.), Monitoring and evaluation of climate change adaptation: A review of the landscape. New Directions for Evaluation, 147, 13–35 (2015)
- Schaar, J. and Caffrey, P., Adaptation and Governance, USAID (Sept 2014)