Dispute Resolution/Mediation

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Mining Competition and Violent Conflict in Africa: Pitting Against Each Other

2025 | 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…

Conflict in a Warming World: How Climate Shocks Impact Rebel Demands and Peace Agreement Outcomes

2025 | PeaceRep, University of Edinburgh, and University of St Andrews
Elisa D’Amico

As climate change becomes more severe and its effects more frequently observed, its impact on global conflict is increasingly important. Climate shocks, acting as threat…

The Role of Land and Natural Resources in Negotiating Peace Agreements

2025 | Negotiation Journal
Saleem H. Ali, Nancy E. Boyer, Gabriela Mundaca, Lynette de Silva, Shaghayegh Jabalameli, and Jahan Taganova

Drawing on the growing genre of literature on “environmental peacebuilding,” this article develops a qualitative model of how land and natural resources (including minerals, water,…

Factors Affecting Transboundary Water Disputes: Nile, Indus, and Euphrates–Tigris River Basins

2025 | Water
Mujib Ahmad Azizi and Jorge Leandro

Transboundary water disputes arise as nations compete over shared water resources, exacerbated by climate change, socio-economic inequalities, and geopolitical tensions. These disputes, prominent in river…

Peace Agreements in a Changing Climate: Three Ways in Which Climate Change and Peace Processes Interact

2025 | Environment and Security
Tim Epple

Previous research has shown that climate change can exacerbate conflict drivers or, on the other hand, incentivise ‘environmental peacebuilding’. One might, therefore, expect to find…

Environmental Peacebuilding, Indigenous Epistemologies and Experience: Learning from Ruptures and Resilience in Solomon Islands

2025 | 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…

Transboundary Water Allocation under Water Scarcity Based on an Asymmetric Power Index Approach with Bankruptcy Theory

2024 | Water
Jianan Qin, Xiang Fu, Xia Wu, Jing Wang, Jie Huang, Xuxun Chen, Junwu Liu, and Jiantao Zhang

Cooperative and self-enforceable water allocation is a key instrument to manage geopolitical conflict induced by water scarcity, which necessitates the cooperative willingness of the agents…

The Role of Women in Peace-Building: a Sri Lankan Perspective

2015 | Relief Web
Ravinatha Aryasinha

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a privilege to have this opportunity to be with you today and to address the Ambassador's Luncheon Series. Building on…

From Conflict to Collaboration: Co-Funding Environmental Peacebuilding in South-Central Somalia

2024 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Kheira Tarif

Somalia is experiencing significant impacts of climate change. Its climate-related vulnerabilities are exacerbated by the enduring effects of more than three decades of violent conflict…

Environmental Pathways for Reconciliation in Yemen: Consultation Report 2024

2024 | European Institute of Peace
Tània Ferré Garcia, Laura Geres, Suaad Al-Salahi, Hisham al-Omeisy, and Albert Martinez

This report presents the results of an extensive consultation as part of EIP’s project, Environmental Pathways for Reconciliation in Yemen, which aims to support locally…

Exploring the Pakistan-India Water Dispute in the Context of Climate Change: An Environmental Security Perspective

2024 | Journal of Development and Social Sciences
Imran Zahoor and Zille Huma

This study delves into the intricate history and pivotal junctures of the Pakistan-India water dispute, examining its environmental dimensions through the lenses of environmental security…

Internal Drivers of Self-Rule Referendums

2024 | Conflict Management and Peace Science
Harriet Goers, Kathleen G. Cunningham, and Laia Balcells

From Catalonia to Kurdistan to Scotland, referendums have increasingly become popular strategies of self-rule movements. Despite this, many referendums are considered failures by the movements…

Complementary Ways of Seeing “the Nature”: Integrating Varieties of Knowledge Practices in the Management of Local Environmental Conflicts in Colombia

2024 | Environment and Security
Monica Amador-Jimienez, Pablo A. Ramos Baron, and Solveig Richter

The complex pathways of armed conflict and its consequences for ecosystem transformations and environmental change have been well established in the literature. However, despite recent…

Powers of Exclusion and Counter-Exclusion: The Political Ecology of Ethno-Territorial Customary Land Boundary Conflicts in Ghana

2019 | Land Use Policy
Moses M. Kansanga, Godwin Arku, and Isaac Luginaah

Inter-community boundary conflicts are a key challenge to land governance in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), including Ghana. Although exclusions engendered by inter-community boundary conflicts usually affect…

Exploring the Nexus between Natural Resources, Environmental Pollution, External Conflicts, Financial Stability and Human Development: Evidence from OECD Nations

2024 | Resources Policy
Chunyang Luo, Fucheng Yang, and Lu Pan

The abundance of natural resources is commonly regarded as a dual-faceted phenomenon, possessing the capacity to either hinder or facilitate the achievement of sustainable human development goals.…

Geopolitical Risk Implications for Natural Resource Governance and Conflict Resolution

2024 | Resources Policy
Mohammad Ali Nasir and Wissal Ben Arfi

Against the backdrop of global development, geopolitical shifts frequently affect the distribution and utilization of natural resources. These geopolitical risks (GPRs) can result in indiscriminate…

How Climate Change Induced Land Conflicts and Food Insecurity in Africa: A Case of Herdsmen-Farmers Crisis in Nigeria

2024 | African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
Philip Onyekachukwu Egbule and Ewere Clinton Okonta

In Nigeria, due to the herdsmen-farmers crisis occasioned by climate change and land conflicts, food production has been hampered. The study explores the intricate relationship…

Impact of Farmers-Herders Conflicts on the Socio-Economic Development of Nigeria

2024 | International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
Muazu Bukar Ali

The paper investigates the profound impact of the enduring conflict between farmers and herders on the socioeconomic development of Nigeria. Stemming from resource scarcity, particularly…

Inclusive Governance of Hydropower on Shared Rivers? Toward an International Legal Geography of the Lower Mekong Basin

2024 | Frontiers in Climate
Oliver Hensengerth

Hydropower is now the largest source of renewable energy worldwide. The International Renewable Energy Agency estimates that current hydropower capacity will need to double by…

From Climate Conflicts to Environmental Peacebuilding: Exploring Local Dimensions

2024 | Environment and Security
Jan Sandig, Natalia Dalmer, Tobias Ide, and Anselm Volger

Environmental change and armed conflict are major challenges of the 21st century. Meanwhile, scholars and practitioners increasingly recognize the environment and natural resources as not…

The Role of Institutionalized Cooperation in Transboundary Basins in Mitigating Conflict Potential over Hydropower Dams

2024 | Frontiers
Susanne Schmeier

Numerous dams are currently being built, many of them in transboundary basins. This can lead to disagreements and conflicts between riparian states, compromising not only…

Beyond Greenwashing: Prioritizing Environmental Justice in Conflict-Affected Settings

2023 | Evironment and Security
Ambreen Tour Ben-Shmuel and Silja Halle

Building on recent studies that call for further attention to marginalized communities at the intersection of environment, climate action, and peacebuilding initiatives, this article recommends…

Can Crimes of Ecocide Committed during the Conflict in Ukraine be Legally Punished?

2023 | Law and World
Sophie Joubert

The conflict in Ukraine is not only taking a heavy toll on human lives but also significantly impacting the environment and wildlife. Many natural areas…

Climate Change and Conflict in Ghana

2023 | CDA Collaborative and Chemonics International
CDA Collaborative and Chemonics International

Ghana’s legacy of strong government institutions and peaceful transfers of power, vibrant civil society, and steady economic growth make it one of the most peaceful…

Game Theory and SWOT Analysis of GERD's Conflicts Impacts on Eastern Nile Countries (chapter in "The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry")

2023 | Springer Link
El-Sayed Ewis Omran and Abdelazim Negm

Although the Nile is one of the world’s most powerful rivers, the river basin is shared by 11 nations. Only Egypt has historical rights under…

Decolonizing Peacebuilding Research in Africa through Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Experience of Igbo-Speaking Group of Niger-Delta Region, Nigeria (chapter in "Decolonizing Peace and Conflict Studies through Indigenous Research")

2022 | Springer
Ferbinand O. Ottoh

This chapter examines the decolonization of peacebuilding research in Africa through Indigenous knowledge systems using the Igbo-speaking group of the Niger-Delta region, Nigeria as a…

An Ecosystem Valuation for Enhanced Transboundary Water Cooperation in the Kabul River Basin

2023 | Pakistan Development Review
Hameed Jamali, Muhammad Rafiq, and Shakeel Hayat

The ongoing water conflicts between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the transboundary Kabul River Basin are narrowly focused on quantitative water distributions, which lead to winlose…

The Global-Capitalist Elephant in the Room: How Resilient Peacebuilding Hinders Substantive Transformation and Undermines Long-Term Peace Prospects

2023 | Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Paulina Budny, and Roland Kostić

This article reviews critical responses to recent academic debates on resilience and peacebuilding, with a focus on approaches that question the underlying logics of resilient…

Farmer–Herder Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa: Drivers, Impacts, and Resolution and Peacebuilding Strategies

2023 | Environmental Research Letters
Ellis Adjei Adams, Audrey Thill, Elias Danyi Kuusaana, and Anna Mittag

Resource scarcity and insecurity due to climate change, coupled with ethnic, religious, and identity politics, have strained peaceful coexistence between farmers and herders in West…

Four Climate Frontiers: How Mediators Can Make Peace and Help Protect the Planet

2023 | Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Sebastian Kratzer

For the peace mediation sector, four “frontiers” lie ahead if we hope to help prevent the worst outcomes of climate change and environmental degradation. This…