Understanding Environment, Conflict and Cooperation
Publisher: UNEP
Date: 2004
Topics: Conflict Causes, Conflict Prevention, Cooperation
The present document represents UNEP’s response to the growing worldwide interest in further exploring the environment and security nexus and the contribution of timely and credible assessments to conflict prevention. In our consultations in January 2004, governments identified as a priority the need for scientific assessments of the link between environment and conflict in order to promote conflict prevention and peace building. UNEP’s mandate for this work is consistent with the broader UN goal of promoting peace and security, and follows from the Montevideo Programme III adopted by the Governing Council in 2001, in which UNEP was encouraged to promote “studies on the concept of security and the environment".