Peace and Security Operations
From Conflict to Collaboration: Co-Funding Environmental Peacebuilding in South-Central Somalia
2024
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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…
Attacks on Ukraine’s Energy Infrastructure: Harm to the Civilian Population
2024
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Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Between 22 March and 31 August 2024, the Russian Federation armed forces launched nine waves of long-range and large-scale coordinated attacks on Ukraine’s electric power…
10 Entry Points for Environmental Peacebuilding in Mindanao, Philippines
2024
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CGIAR
Leonardo Medina, Alessandra Vaselli, Adam Savelli, and Mark Anthony Torres
Environmental peacebuilding entails a broad range of theories and practices around the management of environmental issues that integrate goals to build more just and peaceful…
Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict—50 Years of Effort, and No End in Sight
2023
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Environment and Security
Michael Bothe
The debate about environmental protection in relation to armed conflict began around 1970 due to the meeting of two political movements: on the one hand,…
Empowering Women, Peace and Security in the Coral Triangle: Bridging Civil-Military and State Boundaries to Tackle Maritime Environmental Crimes
2024
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Pacific Forum International
Lily Schlieman, Maryruth Belsey Priebe, Charity Borg, Anny Barlow, and Tevvi Bullock
The Coral Triangle is renowned for its unparalleled marine biodiversity and provides food security to over 130 million people living in and around the region.…
An Interview with NATO’s Paul Rushton on the Alliance’s Climate Security Efforts
2024
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New Security Beat
Lauren Herzer Risi
When senior officials from 32 countries meet in Washington, DC next week for the NATO Summit, deterrence and defense, as well as Ukraine and global…
The Siege of Gaza’s Water
2024
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Center for Strategic and International Studies
Natasha Hall, Anita Kirschenbaum, and David Michel
On October 9, in response to the October 7 assault by Hamas militants, Israel’s defense minister ordered a “complete siege” on the Gaza Strip, including…
Environmental Pathways for Reconciliation in Yemen: Consultation Report 2024
2024
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European Institute of Peace
Tània Ferré Garcia, Laura Geres, Suaad Al-Salahi, Hisham al-Omeisy, and Albert Martinez
This report presents the findings of an extensive consultation on environmental peacemaking conducted across nine southern and northern governorates of Yemen. The consultation reached out…
On Dialogue and Beyond: Positive Environmental Peacebuilding in Palestine
2024
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Journal of Social Encounters
Elsa Barron
In Palestine, environmental management has been used as a tool of military occupation and oppression. Yet even within that context, many community-based organizations have established…
Environmental Peacebuilding: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
2024
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Journal of Social Encounters
Ken Conca
The field of environmental peacebuilding emerged as a counter to the idea that violent conflict was an inevitable byproduct of environmental change. Two decades ago,…
When Are Peacekeepers "Green"?
2024
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Environment and Security
Tobias Böhmelt
Although the focus of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations (PKOs) remains peace and security, missions may also have an environmental orientation. Such an emphasis is…
The Scars beyond Bullets: Recognizing the Environmental Toll of War
2024
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International Journal of Science and Research Archive
Titilayo Aishat Otukoya
Warfare, throughout history, has not only shaped geopolitical landscapes but has left an indelible mark on the environment. The unintended consequences of armed conflicts extend…
Interview with Catherine Wong, Global Team Leader for Climate and Security Risk at the UNDP
2024
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Planetary Security Initiative
On 28 November, PSI spoke to Catherine Wong, who serves as global team leader for Climate and Security Risk and the United Nations Development Programme…
Beyond Greenwashing: Prioritizing Environmental Justice in Conflict-Affected Settings
2023
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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…
Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Democratic Republic of the Congo
2023
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Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Thor Olav Iversen, Ingvild Brodtkorb, Katongo Seyuba, Anne Funnemark, Kheira Tarif, Asha Ali, Kyungmee Kim, and Minoo Koefoed
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is faced with a confluence of climate change, environmental degradation, resource exploitation and conflict dynamics that is exacerbating…
Toward the Remote Monitoring of Armed Conflicts
2023
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PNAS Nexus
Valerie Sticher, Jan D. Wegner, and Birke Pfeifle
The war in Ukraine has pushed the role of satellite imagery in armed conflicts into the spotlight. For a long time, satellite images were primarily…
Barking up the Tree Wrongly? How National Security Strategies Frame Climate and Other Environmental Change as Security Issues
2023
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Political Geography
Anselm Vogler
The right framing of climate and other environmental change is crucial to guide policy responses towards preventing human suffering, displacement, and violent conflict. This study…
Indigenous Environmental Perspectives: Challenging the Oceanic Security State
2023
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Sage Journals Security Dialogue
Tiara R. Na'puti and Sylvia C. Frain
This article centers Indigenous epistemologies to critique the United States oceanic security state, a modality of militarization and blue-washing conservation that extends beyond land borders…
The Contribution of the UN Security Council to Environmental Peacebuilding (chapter in "Research Handbook on International Law and Environmental Peacebuilding")
2023
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Edward Elgar
Daniella Dam-de Jong
This chapter examines the position of the UN Security Council within the institutional framework on environmental peacebuilding. It starts with an analysis of the UN's…
Community Voices on Climate and Security: A Social Learning Approach
2023
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CGIAR Climate Security Observatory Methods Papers Series
Leonardo Medina, Grazia Pacillo, Jonathan James Hellin, and Michelle Bonatti
The linkages between climate change and human insecurity have been the subject of considerable debate over the past decade. Critical voices argue that methods for…
Immovable Objects? Impediments to a UN Security Council Resolution on Climate Change
2023
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International Affairs
Matt McDonald
The security implications of climate change are increasingly acknowledged in academic scholarship and in national security strategy documents. Climate change has also increasingly featured in…
Mapping Grain Seizure and Extraction under Russian Occupation Authorities
2023
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Centre for Information Resilience
A new investigation exposes how Ukrainian collaborators are helping the Russian government seize grain from Ukraine’s occupied territories. Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion…
Climate Change and Security Research: Conflict, Securitisation and Human Agency
2023
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PLOS Climate
Alex Arnall
Climate change has increasingly been understood as a security problem by researchers, policymakers and media commentators. This paper reviews two strands of work that have…
Climate-Related Migration and the Climate-Security-Migration Nexus in the Central American Dry Corridor
2023
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Climatic Change
Jona Huber, Ignacio Madurga-Lopez, Una Murray, Peter C. McKeown, Grazia Pacillo, Peter Laderach, and Charles Spillane
The Central American Dry Corridor (CADC) is among the most climate-vulnerable regions worldwide. Climate change, commonly referred to as a “threat multiplier” of pre-existing socioeconomic…
Climate, Peace and Security Study: Somali Region, Ethiopia
2023
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adelphi
Lucas Destrijcker, Milen Yishak, Michael Thomson, Aminata Traore, Yishuang, Antonio Xu, and Hannah Kurnoth
As part of the Weathering Risk initiative, adelphi and the World Food Programme (WFP) set up a learning facility to explore entry points for strengthening…
Climate Change Peace and Conflict
2023
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Existential Risks in Peace and Conflict Studies
Noah B. Taylor
This chapter explores climate change as a risk with the potential to both threaten human well-being and exacerbate conflicts. The overall risk potential of climate…
Small Island Developing States and Climate Securitisation in International Politics: Towards a Comprehensive Conception
2023
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Island States Journal
Athaulla A. Rasheed
This article focuses on the engagement of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the climate security debate launched by the United Nations Security Council. It…
Climate-Driven Risks to Peace over the 21st Century
2023
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Climate Risk Management
Halvard Buhaug, Tor A. Benjaminsen, Elisabeth A. Gilmore, and Cullen S. Hendrix
Anthropogenic climate change is commonly characterized as a threat to human security. However, the extent to which and under what conditions climate impacts and responses…
Linking Gender, Climate Change and Security in the Pacific Islands Region: A Systematic Review
2023
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Ambio
Elise Howard
This systematic review aims to address gaps in understanding how concepts of gender, climate change and security are given meaning and linked in empirical scholarship…
Comparing Responses to Climate-Related Security Risks among the EU, NATO and the OSCE
2023
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Anniek Barnhoorn
This SIPRI Policy Report compares responses to climate-related security risks by the European Union (EU), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Organization for…