Humanitarian Assistance
Disaster Risk Reduction Amidst Armed Conflict: Informal Institutions, Rebel Groups, and Wartime Political Orders
2018
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Disasters
Colin Walsh
Extant research has explored the effect of natural hazards on the risk of armed conflict, but very few studies have examined how conflict dynamics affect…
Evaluation in Contexts of Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Guidance from Global Evaluation Practitioners
2021
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International Development Evaluation Association
Hur Hassnain
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…
Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Africa: An Overview
2008
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African Security
W. Andy Knight
This article draws on the experience of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programs on the African continent. It explains the link between DDR in Africa…
Developing a Prototype Handbook for Monitoring and Evaluating Department of Defense Humanitarian Assistance Projects
2011
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Center for Military Health Policy Research
Marla C. Haims, Melinda Moore, Harold D. Green, and Cynthia Clapp-Wincek
This product is part of the RAND Corporation technical report series. Reports may include research findings on a specific topic that is limited in scope;…
Data for Peacebuilding and Prevention Ecosystem Mapping: The State of Play and the Path to Creating a Community of Practice
2020
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NYU Center on International Cooperation
Branka Panic
T his report is part of the new initiative on Data for Peacebuilding and Prevention, hosted at the NYU Center on International Cooperation in New…
Contested Boundaries: NGOs and Civil–military Relations in Afghanistan
2013
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Central Asian Survey
Jonathan Goodhand
In recent years there has been a growing focus in academic and policy circles on the changing roles of military and civilian actors in the…
Conflict-in-Transformation: Ethics, Phenomenology and the Critique of the ‘Liberalizing’ Peace
2009
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International Peacekeeping
Audra Mitchell
Conflict transformation, and the ‘liberalizing peace’ paradigm of which it is a part, applies a specific ethos of transformation to the project of peacebuilding. This…
Global Report on Food Crises 2023
2023
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Food Security Information Network
The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) for 2023 highlights that the number of people experiencing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food and livelihood…
Analysis of Impacts of Armed Conflict on the Eastern Afromontane Forest Region on the South Sudan -- Uganda Border Using Multitemporal Landsat Imgery
2012
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Remote Sensing of Environment
Virigina Gorsevsky, Eric Kasischke, Jan Dempeworld, Tatiana Loboda, and Falk Grossmann
The impacts of armed conflict on ecosystems are complex and difficult to assess due to restricted access to affected areas during wartime making satellite remote…
A Path Least Taken: Economic and Social Rights and the Prospects of Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding in Africa
2003
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Journal of African Law
Shedrack C. Agbakwa
A critical appraisal of the dominant conflict prevention and peacebuilding strategies usually deployed in Africa and elsewhere reveals its narrow vision. Despite UDHR's enunciation of…
Indexing Climatic and Environmental Exposure of Refugee Camps with a Case Study in East Africa
2023
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Nature Scientific Reports
Michael Owen, Andrew Kruczkiewicz, and Jamon Van Den Hoek
This study presents a novel approach to systematically measure climatic and environmental exposure in refugee camps using remote sensing and geospatial data. Using a case…
Transforming Our Common Crisis: Complexity, Climate Change, and the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus
2022
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Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
Eric Abitbol and Erin McCandless
For some three decades, concern about the climate crisis and the multi-dimensionality of its effects and challenges has been growing. Climate change is now widely…
Relocation, Climate Change and Finding a Place of Belonging for Rohingya refugees
2022
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Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
Tengku Shahpur and Abellia A. Wardani
An estimated 745,000 Rohingyas were forced to flee to Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, after a deadly crackdown in Rakhine state, Myanmar in August 2017. Responding to…
Deepening US Climate Security Ambition: A Road Map for 2023
2023
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Center for Climate & Security
Brigette Hugh and Erin Sikorsky
In 2023, U.S. policymakers and practitioners will have many opportunities to solidify and institutionalize progress on climate security. Overall, the key themes for 2023 should…
Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Afghanistan
2023
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, with more frequent extreme weather events and temperatures that are increasing faster than the global…
Afghanistan’s Lessons for the Sustainable Development Goals
2023
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Brookings Institution
Naheed Sarabi and John W. McArthur
In this blog, John W. McArthur, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Brookings, interviews Visiting Fellow Naheed Sarabi. She served as the deputy minister for policy…
Afghanistan Humanitarian Needs Overview 2023
2023
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Afghanistan is facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis with a very real risk of systemic collapse and human catastrophe. In addition to unimaginable human costs, this…
Financing Food Security: Promises and Pitfalls of the Humanitarian–Development–Peace Nexus in South Sudan
2023
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Caroline Delgado, Kristina Tschunkert, Congai Murugani, and Marie Riquier
Food insecurity is on the rise, driven predominantly by violent conflict and climate change. Resource-poor countries are among the worst affected and many depend on…
Food Insecurity in Africa: Drivers and Solutions
2023
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Caroline Delgado, Kristina Tschunkert, and Dan Smith
Global food insecurity is rapidly increasing. In 2021 an estimated 29.3 per cent of the global population (2.3 billion people) was moderately or severely food…
Conflict Sensitivity and Renewable Energy: A Case Study From Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp
2022
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Stockholm Environment Institute
Ruth Nyakerario and Naho Mirumachi
This report is based on a desk study, involving a systematic literature review from documents in the public domain on previous and current renewable energy…
The Blind Spot: How a Gap in Climate Security Strategy Leads to Opportunities for Maligned Actors in Strategic Competition
2023
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Small Wars Journal
Alexander Kenna and Matthew Alexander
As the US military continues to develop its climate security strategy and action plans, the current publications and programs only briefly mention proactive international actions…
Critical Evolutions in the Peacebuilding-Development Praxis Nexus: Crisis and Complexity, Synergy and Transformation
2021
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Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
Erin McCandless
Over the last 2 decades, the peacebuilding and development nexus has grown as a critical area of scholarship and practise. At the same time, the…
The UN Security Council and Climate Change: Tracking the Agenda after the 2021 Veto
2022
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Security Council Report
On 13 December 2021, the Security Council voted on a draft resolution on the security implications of climate change, proposed by Ireland and Niger. The…
Military Capabilities Affected by Climate Change. An Analysis of China, Russia and the United States
2023
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Clingendael Magazine
Adája Stoetman, Dick Zandee, Niels Drost, and Louise van Schaik
Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of the present and the future. Rising temperatures and sea levels, as well as extreme weather…
Breaking Silos: Climate Change, Security, and Humanitarian Action — Roundtable Summary
2023
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Center for Climate & Security and International Committee of the Red Cross
Elsa Barron, Brigitte Hugh, and Alejandra Portillo-Taylor
The convergence of climate change, security, and humanitarian action, including in places affected by conflict, demands nuanced consideration and dialogue among decision makers at all…
Food Security and Why It Matters for Peace in South Sudan [Video]
2022
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
'Food security and why it matters for peace in South Sudan' highlights the complexity of the food security crisis in South Sudan and the efforts…
Climate Change, Conflict and Internal Displacement in Afghanistan: 'We Are Struggling to Survive'
2022
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Overseas Development Institute
Kerrie Holloway, Zaki Ullah, Dastgir Ahmadi, Elham Hakimi, and Aaftab Ullah
Afghanistan faces one of the world’s most complex crises. Recurring cycles of conflict, violence and natural hazard-related disasters – often exacerbated by climate change –…
Climate Change, Conflict and Displacement: Five Key Misconceptions
2022
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Humanitarian Policy Group / Overseas Development Institute
Caitlin Sturridge and Kerrie Holloway
Many of today’s displacement crises are driven by a complex mix of climate and environmental change, disasters, conflict and fragility. While nuanced debates exist in…
Coping with the Risks of Conflict, Climate and Internal Displacement in Northern Mozambique: ‘We Can’t Just Sit Here with Our Arms Crossed’
2022
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Overseas Development Institute
Caitlin Sturridge, João Feijó, and Nelson Tivane
Displacement brings trauma and suffering, as well as destabilising changes to people’s physical surroundings, social networks, livelihood opportunities and local governance structures (Turner, 2010). These…
Co-Benefits through Coordination of Climate Action and Peacebuilding: A System Dynamics Model
2022
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Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
Héctor Morales-Muñoz, Arwen Bailey, Katharina Löhr, Giulia Caroli, Ma. Eliza J. Villarino, Ana María LoboGuerrero, Michelle Bonatti, Stefan Siebert, and Augusto Castro-Nuñez
Climate disasters affect human security and development, moreso in fragile and conflict-affected contexts where population’ capacities to cope with climate change are compromised. Responses to…