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Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding
Event
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx™) and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) are delighted to announce that the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will…
Request for Proposals to Host the Third and Fourth International Conferences on Environmental Peacebuilding
Announcement
The Board of Directors of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx™) hereby requests proposals to host the next two International Conferences on Environmental Peacebuilding. The Third…
Braiding Knowledge Systems as Environmental Peacebuildinng: A Four-Dimensional Analysis for Co-Applying Idigenous and Non-Indigenous Worldviews in Great Lakes Water Governance
Briefs & Development
Environmental peacebuilding has evolved since Conca and Dabelko’s seminal work on peacemaking to now include preventative interventions as well as those that occur post-conflict. In…
Climate Change a "Top Tier Threat" in the 2022 U.S. National Security Strategy
Briefs & Development
The Biden Administration’s new National Security Strategy (NSS), released in October 2022, elevates attention and focus on climate security beyond any prior NSS. The security risks…
La Sensibilité aux Conflits et la Consolidation de la Paix Environnementale: Enseignements Tirés de Conservation International
Briefs & Development
Conservation International (CI) considere que les conflits et la paix ont un lien fondamental avec la reussite de notre mission. Partant d'une decennie d'experience en…
Sensibilidad ante los Conflictos y Consolidación de la Paz Ambiental en la Conservación: Lecciones Aprendidas de Conservation International
Briefs & Development
Conservation International (CI) ve a los conflictos y a la paz como conceptos que están vinculados de manera fundamental al éxito de nuestra misión. Con…
Conflict Sensitivity & Environmental Peacebuilding in Conservation: Lessons Learned from Conservation International
Briefs & Development
First published in English in December 2022, CI’s “Lessons Learned: Conflict Sensitivity & Environmental Peacebuilding in Conservation” report is now available in Spanish, French, and Portuguese. Conservation International (CI) sees conflict and peace…
Local Indicators for Climate Security Risk Assessment: Learning from Uganda How to Strengthen Climate Action and Peacebuilding
Briefs & Development
In the Kaabong district in the North of Uganda, climate change amplifies conflict drivers that can lead to increased social or violent conflict. Kaabong is a semi-arid…
Understanding the Peace Effects of P-REC Funded Streetlights in Goma, DRC
Briefs & Development
In May – June 2022, Energy Peace Partners (EPP) travelled to Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo to start gathering data on the peace…
Climate-Sensitive Programming in International Security: An Analysis of UN Peacekeeping Operations and Special Political Missions
Briefs & Development
Over the past three decades, United Nations (UN) Peace Operations have become increasingly multidimensional and integrated. Blue helmets, originally deployed to provide security and enforce…
Using Big Data and Geospatial Approaches in Evaluating Environmental Interventions
Library
Remote sensing and geospatial methods are useful, innovative tools for measuring environmental impact. They provide reliable and cost-effective baseline information, help detect changes over time,…
Refugee Camps and Deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Library
To date, there have been few quasi-experimental efforts to evaluate the impact of refugee camps on host landscapes. Yet many stakeholders believe refugee camps lead…
Evaluation in Contexts of Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Guidance from Global Evaluation Practitioners
Library
This book is perfectly timed as an essential guide to help evaluators become better equipped, and contribute to evaluation practice that demonstrates its relevance and…
A Practical Guide to Measuring Women's and Girl's Empowerment in Impact Evaluations
Toolkits & Guidance
Impact evaluations can produce useful insights on how to design programs and policies that can increase women’s and girls’ empowerment and help us better understand…
Mediating Peace with Climate Change: Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies into Peace Processes
Briefs & Development
This report builds on the recognition that climate change is a risk multiplier and destabilizing force, particularly in the most vulnerable regions of the world.…
Oil and War: An Exchange
Briefs & Development
Hye Ryeon Jang and Benjamin Smith argue in their article “Pax Petrolica? Rethinking the Oil–Interstate War Linkage” that, when reexamined, the historical data are “more supportive of petro-peace…
Measuring Climate Security: Related Security Threats?
Briefs & Development
It is widely recognized that climate change has the potential to affect the social, economic, and political processes that can lead to instability, insecurity, and…
Protecting the Environment during Armed Conflict: From Principles to Implementation
Briefs & Development
Conflict-related damage to the environment has become widespread and causes sustained harm to public health, ecosystems, and peacebuilding.
The International Law Commission (ILC) will finalize its…
Opportunities for Danish Stabilisation Policy to Engage with Climate-and Livelihood-Related Conflict
Briefs & Development
This DIIS Working Paper focuses on identifying evolving notions of fragility that could strengthen Danish stabilisation efforts in the Horn and Sahel. It foregrounds notions…
Assessing Impacts of Environmental Peacebuilding In Caquetá, Colombia: a Multistakeholder Perspective
Briefs & Development
A major challenge in the field of environmental peacebuilding is showing the impact of its initiatives. Questions emerge, such as what kind of postwar peacebuilding…
Climate Change Adaptation in Conflict-Affected Countris: A Systematic Assessment of Evidence
Briefs & Development
People affected by conflict are particularly vulnerable to climate shocks and climate change, yet little is known about climate change adaptation in fragile contexts. While…
Broadening the Analysis of Peace in Mozambique: Exploring Emerging Violence in Times of Transnational Extractivism in Cabo Delgado
Briefs & Development
This article explores the contemporary expressions of violence and oppression linked to the action of the extractive industry in the northern province of Cabo Delgado,…
Delivering the Promise of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Contexts (FCAC): A Case Study of the NGO GOAL's Response to the Syria Conflict
Briefs & Development
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) has helped to reduce global disaster risk, but there has been a lack of progress in disaster…
Analysis of a Biorefinery with Multiple Raw Materials in the Context of Post-conflict Zones in Colombia: Plantain and Avocado Integration in the Montes de María
Briefs & Development
This work addresses the techno-economic analysis for a multi-feedstock biorefinery system using plantain and avocado residues as raw materials. The experimental procedures were performed to…
Strategic Environmental Assessment and the Precautionary Principle in the Spatial Planning of Wind Farms – European Experience in Serbia
Briefs & Development
Spatial determination planning is at an initial and very sensitive step in the development of wind farms. On one hand, it is important to maximize…
Assessment of the Coping Capacity for Communal Conflict in Rivers and Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
Briefs & Development
Conflict is a phenomenon of human society which can take its origin from social, economic, cultural, political, psychological, environmental and other factors that triggers it,…
Effects of Armed Conflict on Deforestation and Coca Crops — A Case Study: Caño Cristales, La Macarena National Natural Park Colombia
Briefs & Development
Colombian natural forest occupies more than 50% of the total terrestrial area and has almost 10% of global biodiversity (Prem, Saavedra, & Vargas, 2020). In…
From "Conflict Minerals" to Peace? Reviewing Mining Reforms, Gender, and State Performance in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Library
For the last two decades, the Congolese Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector has been undergoing reforms of its governing structures. A recurrent argument supporting…
Towards a Better Understanding of Climate Security Practices
Briefs & Development
The Planetary Security Initiative has launched a first report and overview of climate security practices. Climate security research has evolved tremendously over the past 20 years in…
Economics of Nature: Mapping Liberia’s Ecosystems to Understand Their Value [Video]
Library
NASA is working alongside Conservation International and the Liberian Government through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to pilot an innovative and replicable approach to more…