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Gender Inequality, Climate Change, and Armed Conflict: Exploring the Triple Challenges for Female Farmers in Northwestern Cameroon

2025 | Society & Natural Resources
Lotsmart Fonjong and Mbuli Clodine

Armed conflict amidst climate challenges significantly impacts on men and women in sub-Saharan Africa. In dominantly agrarian communities, climate vulnerability aggravates food insecurity, especially for…

The Take: What Does RSF Capture of Heglig Oilfield Mean for Sudan's War? [Audio]

2025 | Al Jazeera
Hiba Morgan

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have seized the Heglig oilfield, a critical site located on the border of Sudan and South Sudan. The capture…

Navigating Climate, Conflict, and Migration: Insights from Ethiopia and the East and Horn of Africa

2025 | International Organization for Migration
Victor Villa, Brenda Chepngetich, Christopher Zapp, and Melissa Branca Carvalho Magalhaes

This report examines the intricate relationship between climate, human security and migration in Ethiopia and the broader East and Horn of Africa region, with the…

Environmental Peacebuilding and the Gender–Climate–Security Nexus: Global Frameworks and Local Realities in an Increasingly Volatile World

2025 | Environment and Security
Marisa O. Ensor, Olivia Morganti, Isabella Remor, Vaishnavi Singh, and Peiqi Wang

In an era defined by interconnected crises—climate change, violent conflicts, resurgence of nationalist-populist discourses, and deepening gender inequalities—furthering our understanding on how these convergent issues…

Water and Power: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Nile Basin Security

2025 | E-International Relations
Chourouk Mestour

Water has been an important natural resource since the beginning of civilization. It is one of many resources studied in the field of International Relations,…

Human Security Under Climate Stress: Environmental Peacebuilding Pathways in Somalia

2025 | Frontiers in Political Science
Mohamed Yusuf Adan

Somalia provides a critical case for examining how climate change undermines human security and peace in fragile states. Climate-related environmental stress continues to intensify resource…

Talking History: Water Wars with Sara McLaughlin Mitchell [Audio]

2025 | KSMU Radio
Djene Bajalan

From oil and gas to lithium and rare earth elements, the story of the modern world has often been shaped by competition over natural resources.…

Spotlight: Exploring the Stories and People behind Environmental Peacebuilding — Carl Bruch, Environmental Law Institute [Video]

2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Buket Altınçelep

"Spotlight: Exploring the Stories and People behind Environmental Peacebuilding" is an ongoing initiative of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx), dedicated to highlighting the individuals and…

Bridging Climate and Environmental Security and Crimes That Affect the Environment | BCSC 2025

2025 | Climate Diplomacy, adelphi, German Federal Foreign Office
Carlos Sánchez Del Águila, Nicole Quijano-Evans, Marcus Schroder, and Olivia Swaak-Goldman

This session examined how crimes that affect the environment—such as wildlife and forest crime, illegal fishing, mining and metals trafficking, and illegal waste—intersect with climate…

Tackling the Complex Links between Climate Change, Conflict, and Health

2025 | British Medical Journal
Barbora Šedová and Andrew Haines

Climate and conflict seriously threaten human health. From 1995 to 2015, more than 10 million child deaths were attributed to conflict, while women of reproductive…

Afghan Dams Cause Downstream Strife in Iran and Turkmenistan

2025
Global Water Security Center

The Taliban aims to fully use its water resources to alleviate its economic woes.

Helmand River Basin Strife: Iran and Afghanistan both want more water than…

Africa's Conflicts and Natural Resources: A Vicious Cycle

2025 | Mo Ibrahim Foundation

The 2025 Ibrahim Governance Weekend (IGW), was held in Marrakech, Morocco. The main focus was on the need for and the best ways to leverage…

Hydropolitics and Strategic Security in Post-Conflict South Sudan: Navigating Water Governance in the Nile Basin

2025 | East African Scholars Journal of Economics Business and Management
Amaring J. Ikarak and Abraham K. Nyuon

This study examined the complex relationship between hydropolitics and strategic security in post-conflict South Sudan, emphasizing the critical role of water resource management within the…

Egypt's Choices on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

2025 | E-International Relations
Hamdy A. Hassan

A new chapter in the history of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) began with its official inauguration on September 9, 2025. The outlines of…

Advantages and Disadvantages of the Environmental Peacebuilding: A Literature Review

2025 | International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews
Marina Chichua

The process of peacebuilding is a crucial strategy for emerging economic, social and political approaches during and after conflicts. These strategies also address environmental concerns,…

Rising Temperatures, Rising Tensions: The Urban Climate-Conflict Nexus amid the Global Housing Crisis

2025 | UN-Habitat

Our world faces a convergence of crises: accelerating climate change, escalating conflicts, and rapid urbanization with extensive housing and basic service inadequacy. 2024 was the…

Strong Rationale, Weak Evidence: Why Integrating Research on Sustainability and Peacebuilding Is Needed

2025 | One Earth
Halvard Buhaug and Nina von Uexkull

Violent conflict is a major barrier to sustainability. Does this mean that peace operations promote sustainable development? Do sustainability interventions foster peace? Surprisingly, scientific evidence…

The Hydraulic Hegemon: India’s Weaponization of Transboundary Rivers

2025 | E-International Relations
Md Tariqul Islam Tanvir and Shafi Md Mostofa

Bangladesh’s push for a longer, more predictable Ganges Water Treaty has brought India’s upstream tactics back into sharp focus. In a region where water scarcity…

Energy Production Potential of Afghanistan: Balancing Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy for National Electrification and Energy Independence

2025 | Journal of Natural Science Review
Lutfullah Safi, Kawoon Sahak, and Hayatullah Mushwani

The world is transitioning towards renewable energy sources to decarbonize the energy supply and meet the growing global energy demand. In 2023, the global investment…

The Environment, Conflict, and Peace in Sudan: From Response to Recovery

2025 | Conflict and Environment Observatory

This collaboration between the Conflict Sensitivity Facility and CEOBS aims to foster a greater understanding of how the environment interacts with conflict and peace in…

The Future of Transitional Justice amidst the Environmental Challenges in (Post) Conflict Areas [Video]

2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Hosted by the Transitional Justice Interest Group (TJ-IG) of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association, this webinar examines how transitional justice frameworks can evolve to address the…

Climate-Resilient Investment in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations: Opportunities for Business?

2025 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Katongo Seyuba and Florian Krampe

Climate change exacerbates risk in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS), deepening vulnerabilities, disrupting livelihoods and heightening the risk of violent conflict. These dynamics create a…

Environmental Peacebuilding in Colombia: Leveraging Synergies between Environment, Climate, Peace and Security Policies

2025 | adelphi research
Hector Morales Munoz, Nina Schmelzer, Alina Viehoff, Benjamin Pohl, and Juanita Velez

This report analyses the peacebuilding policy approaches of the Santos, Duque, and Petro administrations in Colombia and explores environmental peacebuilding good practices at the local…

Study Maps Disputes, Conflicts along Amazon Borders

2025 | Agência Brasil
Rafael Cardoso

The Amazon is a strategic biome for global climate regulation, home to unique biodiversity and diverse traditional cultures. Beyond its environmental and cultural richness, the…

Vast and Hidden Urban Methane Emissions from the Russia–Ukraine War

2025 | Nature Cities
Zeyu Feng, Rong Hu, Yuqing Pan, Qianjian Xv, Jing Zhang, Qingyong Wang, Kaiqin Cao, Shufeng Liu, Alexander Baklanov, Jens Hesselbjerg Christen, Daniel Rosenfeld, John H. Seinfeld, Shaocai Yu, and Pengfei Li

Historically, cities have figured prominently in wars, including as targets. However, the impacts of warfare on the environmental signatures of urban systems remain less understood.…

Strengthening the OSCE’s Climate Security Agenda

2025 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Emma Hakala and Florian Krampe

Despite a clear mandate from the December 2021 Stockholm Ministerial Council Decision on Strengthening Co-operation to Address the Challenges Caused by Climate Change, the Organization…

Pathways to Instability: How Decreasing Oil Prices Impact Political Stability in Petrostates - Lessons From the 1980s Oil Glut

2025 | Energy Research & Social Science
Martijn C. Vlaskamp

Existing research has shown a correlation between lower oil prices and political instability in oil-rich countries. This paper examines the conditions under which declining oil…