Conflict Prevention
There are 1228 resources related to Conflict Prevention.
Mining Competition and Violent Conflict in Africa: Pitting Against Each Other
2025
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Journal of Politics
Anouk S. Rigterink, Tarek Ghani, Juan S. Lozano, and Jacob N. Shapiro
Existing explanations for the well-established relationship between mining and conflict predominantly interpret violence near mines as conflict over territory or government. The authors provide evidence…
Identifying Peace Pathways: How Can Forest Conservation Contribute to Environmental Peacebuilding?
2025
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Climate and Development
Rowan Alumasa Alusiola, Rebecca Froese, Janpeter Schilling, and Paul Klär
A growing body of literature is analyzing the conflict implications of forest conservation measures, yet, aside from individual case studies, the potential of these programs…
Climate, Peace, and Conflict—Past and Present: Bridging Insights from Historical Sciences and Contemporary Research
2025
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Ambio
Sam White, Dominik Collet, Agustí Alcoberro, Mariano Barriendos, Rudolf Brázdil, Pau Castell, Siyu Chen, Cedric de Coning, Dagomar Degroot, Lukáš Dolák, Stefan Döring, Santiago Gorostiza, Katrin Kleemann, Florian Krampe, Kuan-Hui Lin, Nicolas Maughan, Nat
Concern has risen that current global warming and more frequent extreme events such as droughts and floods will increase conflict around the world. This concern…
Germany's National Interdisciplinary Climate Risk Assessment
2025
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Metis Institute for Strategy and Foresight, adelphi research, BND, and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
This National Interdisciplinary Climate Risk Assessment outlines the risks to Germany’s national security resulting from climate change up until 2040. In accordance with the National…
Climate, Peace and Security in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
2025
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Katongo Seyuba
Local communities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) face the combined challenge of climate change and violent conflict, which exacerbates vulnerabilities, poverty, displacement…
Climate Change as a Double-Edged Sword: Exploring the Potential of Environmental Recovery to Foster Stability in Darfur, Sudan
2025
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Climate
Abdalrahman Ahmed, Brian Rotich, and Kornel Czimber
The Darfur conflict, which emerged in the early 21st century, represents a multifaceted crisis driven by socio-political and environmental factors, with resource scarcity, exacerbated by…
National Interdiciplinary Climate Risk Assessment
2025
Metis Institute for Strategy and Foresight
This National Interdisciplinary Climate Risk Assessment outlines the risks to Germany’s national security resulting from climate change up until 2040. In accordance with the National…
Peace Engineering in Practice: China’s Energy Diplomacy Strategy and Its Global Implications
2023
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Sustainability
Lin Liang, Lei Jin, Gurpreet Singh Selopal, and Federico Rosei
As the world’s largest energy importer, consumer and with the second-largest economy, China is heavily dependent on fossil fuels. Massive energy imports make China a…
Peacebuilding Perspectives and Herder-Farmer Conflicts in Africa (chapter in "Herder-Farmer Conflicts in Africa")
2025
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Palgrave Macmillan
J. Shola Omotola
This chapter proposes a peacebuilding approach to the management of herder-farmer conflicts in Africa. Specifically, the chapter reflects on the contending perspectives on peacebuilding, notably…
Cultivating Common Ground on Climate, Peace and Security
2025
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Peace and Security Council Report
The 774th meeting of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) in 2018 discussed the link between climate change as a ‘threat multiplier’ and conflicts in…
Diverse Understandings and Values of Nature at the Peace–Environment Nexus: A Critical Analysis and Policy Implications towards Decolonial Peace
2024
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Ecology and Society
Maria Andrea Nardi, Torsten Krause, and Fariborz Zelli
Scholarship in peace and conflict studies is paying increasing attention to the role of the environment for conflict transformation and peacebuilding. However, a closer analysis…
How Can Land and Ecosystem Restoration Foster Peace? [Video]
2024
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adelphi
Lais Clements, Beatrice Mosello, Mary Potts, and Dorian Wevers
Land and natural resources can be connected with conflict dynamics, from local disputes to international tensions. Restoring ecosystems can bring communities together, build trust, and…
Community Dialogue as a Peacebuilding Tool: Insights From Environmental Dialogue in the Nineveh Plains of Iraq
2024
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Amal Bourhrous
This SIPRI Research Policy Paper examines the linkages between climate and environmental issues and the dynamics of peace and conflict in the Nineveh Plains of…
Environmental Peacebuilding, Indigenous Epistemologies and Experience: Learning from Ruptures and Resilience in Solomon Islands
2025
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Asia Pacific Viewpoint
David Gegeo, Lincy Pendeverana, Mary Tahu Paia, Jack Maebuta, Anouk Ride, and Transform Aqorau
Environmental peacebuilding, as a construct and practice, holds potential to recognise environmental conflicts and respond to them; however, indigenous perspectives can be obscured in its…
Catalysing Action on Climate, Peace and Security
2024
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Folke Bernadotte Academy, UN Climate Security Mechanism, and Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
The United Nations (UN) Climate Security Mechanism (CSM), the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) co-convened a Strategic Dialogue…
Undercurrents: How Conflict, Climate Change and the Environment Intersect in Yemen
2024
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adelphi
Sinéad Barry, Beatrice Mosello, Spencer McMurray, and Lucas Destrijcker
Undercurrents examines the complex relationship between war, increasing climate-related hazards and environmental degradation in Yemen that are undermining security and driving further conflict, particularly at…
Interstate Environmental Peacebuilding: A Systematic Review
2024
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Environment and Security
Aleksandra Balinskaia
In response to the growing interest in environmental peacebuilding (EP), the imperative of organizing and impartially assessing accumulated knowledge has intensified. Previous review articles on…
Boosting the Adoption of Sustainable Land-Use Systems for Achieving Colombian Land-Based Climate Action and Peacebuilding Goals
2025
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World Development
Lisset Pérez-Marulanda, Martin Rudbeck Jepsen, and Augusto Castro-Nunez
Sustainable land-use systems (SLUS), such as agroforestry cocoa, implemented using organic fertilization, prescribed post-harvest practices and rainwater irrigation, can potentially increase farm productivity, while reducing…
Integrating Livestock Climate Adaptation and Peacebuilding: The Climate Security Sensitivity Tool for Livestock Systems (CSSTxLS)
2024
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CGIAR
Carolina Sarzana, Radhika Singh, George Meddings, Anna Belli, Brenda Chepngetich, Livia Sagliocco, Mary Mutheu, and Grazia Pacillo
Climate change presents profound challenges for livestock-dependent communities, particularly in fragile and conflict-affected regions where environmental, social, and political pressures intersect. The Climate Security Sensitivity…
Conflict-Sensitive Adaptation Governance: Assessing Kenya’s County Climate Change Fund
2025
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CGIAR
Leonardo Medina, Frans Schapendonk, Martina Jaskolski, Joab Osuma, AliceJebiwott, Radhika Singh, Joyce Takaindisa, and Grazia Pacillo
The Conflict Sensitive Adaptation Governance analysis aims to evaluate multi-level climate adaptation policies on whether these instruments are intentionally designed, implemented, and assessed for their…
Climate Security
2025
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Sage
Ashok Swain
How does the climate crisis relate to global security issues? What impact do increasing temperatures, droughts, sea level rises and extreme weather have on borders,…
Adapting to Climate Change under Threats of Violence: A Comparative Institutional Analysis of Incentives for Conflict and Collaboration
2025
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Current Research in Environmental Sustainability
Leonardo Medina, Grazia Pacillo, Peter Laderach, Stefan Sieber, and Michele Bonatti
Research on climate and conflict often emphasizes violence and its drivers, overlooking the prevalence of collaboration in shaping social relations. Addressing this gap, this study…
Bridging Paths: Youth, Gender, and Community in Sustainable Peacebuilding
2024
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Lvardi University
Odani Longa and Rami Kamak
Sustainable peacebuilding requires a comprehensive and inclusive approach that addresses the root causes of conflict while fostering long-term stability and harmony within societies. Traditionally, peacebuilding…
Conflict-Sensitive Climate Action in Practice
2024
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Environment, Climate, Conflict and Peace Community of Practice
In alignment with the launch of the Common Principles for Effective Climate Finance and action for Relief, Recovery and Peace at COP29, the ‘Conflict-sensitive climate…
Climate Change and Conflict in the Pacific: Challenges and Responses
2024
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Routledge
Ria Shibata, Seforosa Carroll, and Volker Boege
This book highlights the multidimensionality of the problems: political, technical, material, and emotional and psychological. Written by experts in the field, the chapters highlight the…
Adaptation and Peace: Extending the Agenda for Capacity-Building in Climate and Conflict-Affected Communities
2024
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WIREs Climate Change
Luisa F.B.Taborda, Michele L. Barnes, and Tiffany H. Morrison
Climate change impacts on the social–ecological conditions that communities depend on may increase the vulnerabilities to new conflicts. Yet, the communities that will be most…
The EU’s Triple-Nexus Challenge: Climate, Conflict, Democracy
2024
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Richard Youngs, Ricardo Farinha, Jasper Linke, and Jeremy Wetterwald
The EU’s fragmented approaches to the crises of climate change, conflict, and democracy fall short by not addressing the mutually reinforcing links between them. Brussels needs an integrated strategy to tackle…
Why Early Warnings Are Critical for Climate Action and Conflict Prevention
2024
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United States Institute of Peace
Brittany Croll and Cassandra Schneider
Amid a changing climate, understanding the interplay between extreme environmental events and conflict is only growing more important. Droughts, floods and other natural disasters can…
Climate, Peace and Security: Kenya
2024
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CGIAR Climate Security Observatory
Climate security explores whether climate change increases the risk of armed conflict and, if so, under which circumstances this relationship occurs. People in fragile and…
South Sudan/ Gender Climate Peace Workshop
2024
UN Mission in South Sudan
In South Sudan, the climate crisis worsens an already critical humanitarian and security situation. Extreme weather, locust infestations, and droughts jeopardize food security, livelihoods, and…