Peace and Security Operations
Voices in the Background: Environmental Degradation and Climate Change as Driving Forces of Violence Against Indigenous Women
2021
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Global Studies Quarterly
Szilvia Csevár
Adopted on the fifteenth anniversary of resolution 1325, Security Council resolution 2242 has recognized for the first time the substantial link between climate change and…
21st Century Diplomacy: Foreign Policy Is Climate Policy
2020
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adelphi
Alexander Carius, Noah J. Gordon, and Lauren H. Risi
Efforts to mitigate climate change must be firmly ensconced in broader governing bodies and regulatory institutions. The world has set course for a future where…
Climate Change and Security in the United Nations Assistance Mission to Somalia
2021
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Climate Diplomacy
Christophe Hodder
The United Nations Assistance Mission to Somalia (UNSOM) is one of the first political missions globally to have climate and environmental language in its mandate.…
Mission Probable: The EU’s Efforts -- Policy Brief to Green Security and Defence
2021
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Clingendael Institute
Louise van Schaik and Akash Ramnath
The European Union has recently started in earnest to climate-mainstream its defence and security sectors. It published a Climate Change & Defence Roadmap and the…
Security Implications of Climate Development in Conflict-Affected States Implications of Local-Level Effects of Rural Hydropower Development on Farmers in Herat
2021
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Political Geography
Florian Krampe, Elizabeth S. Smith, and Mohammad Daud Hamidi
Development initiatives aimed at mitigating or adapting to climate change impacts may result in unanticipated effects especially in conflict-affected contexts. To improved understanding of the…
Is Conflict Management the Origin of Conflicts? 'Peacebuilding' and Natural Resource Protection in Casamance
2020
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Cahiers D'études Africaines
Alvar Jones Sánchez
The mobilization of trendy topics in the development sector such as peacebuilding, sustainable development and local governance is particularly attractive for donors. However, the combination…
The UN Security Council and Climate Change
2021
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Security Council Report
While climate mitigation and adaptation measures are within the purview of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and contributions to such measures are…
Shifting Power: Transitioning to Renewable Energy in United Nations Peace Operations
2021
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Henry L. Stimson Center
Victoria K. Holt, Alexander R. Hopkins, David Mozersky, and Sherwin Das
The activities of the UN Secretariat constitute approximately 60% of the UN System’s greenhouse gas emissions, with the largest share coming from UN-led peace operations.…
From Renewable Energy to Peacebuilding in Mali: MINUSMA's Opportunity to Bridge the Gap
2021
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Henry L. Stimson Center and Energy Peace Partners
Dirk Druet, Rida Lyammouri, and David Mozersky
Energy plays an important and underrecognized role in the dynamics of climate, security, peace, and conflict in Mali, one of the least electrified countries in…
Encounters between Security and the Earth System Sciences: Planetary Boundaries and Hothouse Earth (chapter in "International Relations in the Anthropocene: New Actors, New Agencies and New Approaches")
2021
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Palgrave
Judith Nora Hardt
The acknowledgement of the Anthropocene as a new geological era challenges our basic understanding of the meaning of security in socio-ecological terms. This chapter engages…
Aiding or Undermining? The Military as an Emergent Actor in Global Climate Governance
2021
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Earth System Governance
Dhanasree Jayaram and Marie C. Brisbois
The military is emerging as an important actor in climate change mitigation and adaptation, particularly when it comes to responding to climate extremes. While not…
Sustainable Peace & Security in a Changing Climate: Recommendations for NATO 2030
2021
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Brussels Dialogue on Climate Diplomacy
North-Atlantic Civil-Society Working-Group on Environment and Security
In response to the opportunity for civil society organisations to contribute input in the NATO 2030 process, the Environment & Development Resource Centre (EDRC) invited…
Posacuerdo y construccion de paz en Colombia Una mirada a la busqueda de justicia ambiental
2020
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Universidad Externado de Colombia
Diana Quevedo Niño
The armed conflict in Colombia is linked with the environment, and especially with the exploitation of natural resources by armed groups in regions with an…
Environmental Peacebuilding in the Pacific
2021
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Australian Army Research Centre
Paula Hanasz and Scott Brady
Understanding that the potential for conflict in the Pacific region is caused or exacerbated by environmental factors may help the Australian Defence Force understand the…
Climate-Related Security Risks and Peacebuilding in Mali
2021
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Farah Hegazi, Florian Krampe, and Elizabeth Smith
Climate-related security risks are changing the security landscape in which multilateral peacebuilding efforts are taking place. Following a similar assessment of the United Nations Assistance…
Nature in a Globalised World: Conflict and Conservation
2021
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International Union for the Conservation of Nature
This report focuses on armed conflict and nature. The theme is highly timely as armed conflicts cause great economic and social harm, as well as…
A Climate Security Plan for NATO: Collective Defence for the 21st Century
2021
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Environmental Affairs
Erin Sikorsky and Sherri Goodman
Since its founding in 1949, the core organising principle of NATO has remained the same: collective defence. An attack against one is an attack against…
Under the Radar: The Carbon Footprint of Europe's Military Sectors -- A Scoping Study
2021
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Conflict and Environment Observatory and Scientists for Global Responsibility
Stuart Parkinson and Linsey Cottrell
This study set out to estimate the carbon footprint of the EU’s military sectors. To do this, the authors examined available data from both government and industry sources…
Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Somalia
2021
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Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Somalia is highly susceptible to the effects of climate change and extreme weather. Without anticipatory preventive approaches, these factors are likely to exacerbate existing vulnerabilities…
The Security Threat That Binds Us: The Unraveling of Ecological and Natural Security and What the United States Can Do about It
2021
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Council on Strategic Risks
Rod Schoonover, Christine Cavallo, and Isabella Caltabiano
Global ecological disruption is arguably the 21st Century’s most underappreciated security threat. Human societies are producing rapid, novel, and foundational changes across multiple Earth systems…
Environment, Peace, and Conflict: Opportunities and Risks for the New Administration [Video]
2021
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Wilson's Center Environmental Change & Security Program and Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The new Biden administration faces a variety of challenges and a rapidly changing environment will exacerbate many of the challenges. There will be opportunities to…
Beyond Internal Conflict: The Emergent Practice of Climate Security
2020
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Journal of Peace Research
Joshua W. Busby
The field of climate and security has matured over the past 15 years, moving from the margins of academic research and policy discussion to become…
How Russia Approaches the Environment, Peace and Security
2021
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Conflict and Environment Observatory
Nina Lesikhina
This report seeks to understand Russia’s longstanding objections to addressing the environmental dimensions of peace and security in international fora and policy debates. To do so it explores Russia’s domestic approach…
Canada’s Practice on the Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflicts
2021
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Conflict and Environment Observatory
Stavros Pantazopoulos and Doug Weir
This report outlines Canada’s practice on the Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts, or PERAC. This analysis is conducted by reference to…
Women, Peace and Security in a Changing Climate
2020
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International Feminist Journal of Politics
Carol Cohn and Claire Duncanson
In this article, we argue that the effort to get the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda implemented in a series of bureaucratic institutions has…
Formalization as a Tool for Environmental Peacebuilding? Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Liberia and Sierra Leone
2021
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International Affairs
Christina Ankenbrand, Zabrina Welter, and Nina Engwich
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…
The Nature of Women, Peace and Security: A Colombian Perspective
2021
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International Affairs
Keina Yoshida and Lina M. Céspedes-Báez
On 12 November 2019, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace ( JEP), handed down a landmark decision in the case of ‘Katsa Su’ concerning the Awa…
The Past and Future(s) of Environmental Peacebuilding
2021
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International Affairs
Tobias Ide, Carl Bruch, Alexander Carius, Ken Conca, Geoffrey D. Dabelko, Richard Matthew, and Erika Weinthal
Environmental peacebuilding is a rapidly growing field of research and practice at the intersection of environment, conflict, peace and security. Focusing on these linkages is…
A Green Peace How Implementing a Peace Ecology Paradigm in Post-Conflict Situations Can Create an Atmosphere Where Positive Peace May Blossom
2020
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Arctic University of Norway
Marisa Sauret
Positive peace has not yet been achieved worldwide. The closest version of ‘peace’ one can see is a negative sort that is full of different…
Armed Conflict, Militarization and Ecological Footprint: Empirical Evidence from South Asia
2021
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Journal of Cleaner Production
Unbreen Qayyum, Sohail Anjum, and Samina Sabirc
Environmental degradation as a consequence of military activities largely remains a neglected subject, especially in South Asia. To fill this gap, we have investigated the…