Livelihoods

There are 1587 resources related to Livelihoods.


Hidden Hunger: The Gendered Impacts of Food Security and Malnutrition on Women and Girls in the West Bank

2026 | UN Women and West Bank Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group

The West Bank Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) Working Group produced this Gender Matters Bulletin: Hidden Hunger to highlight the gender-specific impacts of the ongoing…


Towards Environmental Peacebuilding in Nepal: Understanding Violence, Addressing Conflicts, and Strengthening Governance

2026 | Centre for Social Change
Pratiksha Giri, Dipin Subedi, Prasansa Thapa, Prakash Bhattarai, and Pawan Roy

This report explores environmental peacebuilding as a strategy for converting shared environmental challenges into avenues for dialogue, cooperation, and trust among conflicting groups in Nepal.…


Integrated Assessment of Climate-Related Security Risks for Peace and Security in Blue Nile, Sudan, and Their Gender Dimensions

2026 | UNEP
Hector Morales Munoz, Lukas Rüttinger, and Yosr Khèdr

The Blue Nile State in Sudan is grappling with a severe and escalating crisis, marked by an intensifying conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)…


Gendered Dimensions of Climate-Related Security Risks in the OSCE Area

2026 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

This report examines how climate change is exacerbating security risks across the OSCE region through gendered and intersectional pathways. Drawing on policy mapping and stakeholder…


Climate, Conflict and the Development Squeeze [Audio]

2026 | In Pursuit of Development
Florian Krampe and Dan Banik

Dan Banik and Florian Krampe explore how climate change is reshaping development and security debates -- not as a single cause of conflict, but as…


Herder-Related Violence, Labor Allocation, and the Gendered Response of Agricultural Households

2026 | Journal of Development Economics
Jeffrey R. Bloem, Amy Damon, David Francis, and Harrison Mitchell

Violent conflict between nomadic herders and settled agricultural communities in Nigeria occurs as both groups clash over the use of land and natural resources, in…


Brief: Gender-Responsive Action for Women's Food Security and Nutrition in Asia and the Pacific

2026 | UN Women Asia and the Pacific
UN Women Asia and the Pacific

In 2018, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women recognized the impacts of climate change in undermining food security for women, noting that…


Climate Justice in Action: Activism and Adaptation in Eastern Africa

2026 | Bristol University Press
Katie McQuaid, Neil J.W. Crawford, Admire Mare, and Susan Nanduddu (eds.)

Eastern Africa is one of the most climate vulnerable regions of the world, and this book is the first to highlight the direct action and…


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 Power of Gender: New Generation of REDD+ Action in the LAC Region

2025 | UNDP
UNDP Climate Promise

To help disseminate how these countries are using innovative solutions to undertake this work, the UN-REDD Programme is supporting the development of this case study…


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…


Prevalence and Predictors of Food Insecurity in Conflict Zones Among Displaced Families in Lebanon During the War: A Cross-Sectional Study

2025 | Frontiers
Paula Hage Boutros, Samah Hachem, Rola Bou Serhal, Noura Yazbeck, Firas Azzam, and Bachir Atallah

The September–December 2024 conflict in Lebanon resulted in the displacement of over 1.5 million individuals, compounding the country's existing economic and humanitarian crises. This study…


Text Mining and Machine Learning Reveal Global Determinants of Food Insecurity

2025 | Scientific Reports
Bia Carneiro, Giuliano Resce, Nicola Caravaggio, Agapito Emanuele Santangelo, Giosue Ruscica, Giulia Tucci, Grazia Pacillo, Gary Eilerts, Peter Laderach, and Kevin Coffey

This study applies Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML) to investigate global historical trends in food security. Using USAID’s Famine Early Warning Systems…


Military Activities and Toxics — Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Implications for Human Rights of the Environmentally Sound Management and Disposal of Hazardous Substances and Wastes

2025 | Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Marcos Orellana

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes…


The Nature of Peace: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Its Implications for Environment and Livelihoods

2025 | Ecology & Society
Fariborz Zelli and Torsten Krause

This editorial introduces the special feature’s main objective: to provide latest research findings on the dynamics between environmental protection and post-conflict peacebuilding processes after internal…


What Are Successful Examples of Environmental Peacebuilding? [Video]

2025 | International Humanitarian Law Experts

Are you interested in understanding how environmental efforts can contribute to peace and stability in conflict zones? In this video, we’ll explore inspiring examples of…


Corruption and SDG5: Gender Equality

2025 | SSRN
Ina Kubbe and Giovanna Rodriguez-Garcia

This chapter examines the complex and often overlooked relationship between corruption and gender equality, focusing on its implications for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG…


Association Between Food Insecurity and Intimate Partner Violence: The Role of Gendered Asset Policies

2025 | BMJ Global Health
Faith Miller, Jenevieve Mannell, Laura Brown, Andrew Gibbs, and Abigail Hatcher

Introduction Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects an estimated 27% of women globally, with consequences spanning mental, physical and societal well-being. Previous research identifies individual and relational…


Blue Nile at a Crossroads: The Gerd Dispute and Regional Water Security Dynamics

2025 | Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad
Hassan Ali Wasiq

The Nile River, also known as ‘the father of African rivers’, stretches over 4,100 miles and is a vital source of freshwater for 11 countries…


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 2025 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report

2025 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

SOFI 2025 presents the latest data and analysis on hunger, food security and nutrition worldwide, including updated estimates on the cost and affordability of healthy…


Impact of the Tigray War on Water Infrastructures and Essential Hydrosystems in Selected Battle Corridors

2025 | Water
Gebremedhin Berhane, Tesfamichael Gebreyohannes, Miruts Hagos, Abdelwassie Huessien, Aregawi Gebrekirstos, Kaleab A. Abera, Thomas Hermans, and Kristine Walraevens

Armed conflicts continue to severely impact human populations and essential infrastructure, particularly water supply systems. This study examines the Yechilla area, a high-intensity battle corridor…


The Critical Minerals Conundrum: What You Should Know

2025 | World Resources Institute
Serena Li and Ke Wang

The world is racing to increase supplies of lithium, cobalt, copper and other "critical minerals" that are building blocks of modern technology. Not only are…


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…


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…


Conflict and Flooding Are Driving Deteriorating Acute Food Insecurity

2025 | Famine Early Warning System Network

This Key Message Update provides a high-level analysis of current acute food insecurity conditions and any changes to FEWS NET's latest projection of acute food…


Water Sovereignty as a Pathway to Food and Energy Security in Afghanistan

2025 | Discover Sustainability
Noor Ahmad Akhundzadah and Karim-Aly Kassam

Afghanistan possesses abundant water resources, renewable energy potential, and fertile arable lands to be a viable pluralistic nation in the twenty-first century. Stewardship of water…


The Fourth Year of the Opium Ban: An Update from Two of Afghanistan’s Major Poppy-Growing Areas

2025 | Afghanistan Analyst Network
Fabrizio Foschini and Jelena Bjelica 

The Islamic Emirate’s ban on opium cultivation has entered its fourth year and apart from the first harvest of opium poppies in spring 2022, when…


Climate Shocks, Household Food Security and Welfare in Afghanistan

2025 | Food Policy
Hayatullah Ahmadzai and Oliver Morrissey

Exposure to natural disasters in Afghanistan, notably flooding and other shocks exacerbated by climate change, poses a growing concern given the vulnerability of households to…


Formalization as a Tool for Environmental Peacebuilding? Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Liberia and Sierra Leone

2021 | International Affairs
Christina Ankenbrand, Zabrina Welter, and Nina Engwicht

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has long been a vital source of livelihoods for rural populations in the global South. Yet, it has also been…