Toolkits & Guidance

Guidelines on Protection of Natural Environment in Armed Conflict

Source: International Committee of the Red Cross, 2020

Topics: Climate Change, Governance

Added: 17/11/2020

The natural environment has frequently remained a silent casualty of war. The consequences of environmental damage for conflict-affected populations are severe and complex, affecting their well-being, health and survival. When environmental degradation collides with climate risks, it compounds the challenges for people trying to survive in contemporary armed conflicts. While...

Addressing Climate-Fragility Risks: Linking Peacebuilding, Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Livelihoods (Toolbox)

Source: adelphi, UN Environment, and European Union, 2019

Topics: Climate Change, Governance, Livelihoods, Programming, Renewable Resources

Added: 05/05/2020

This toolbox provides you with a number of tools and exercises and offers further reading on selected topics. It thereby supports the implementation of the Guidance Note ‘Addressing Climate-Fragility Risks’ which facilitates the development of strategies, policies, and projects that seek to increase resilience by linking climate change adaptation, peacebuilding,...

Addressing Climate-Fragility Risks: Linking Peacebuilding, Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Livelihoods (Monitoring and Evaluation)

Source: adelphi, UN Environment, and European Union, 2019

Topics: Climate Change, Livelihoods, Programming

Added: 05/05/2020

This M&E note supports the monitoring and evaluation of strategies, policies and projects that seek to increase resilience by linking climate change adaptation, peacebuilding, and sustainable livelihoods. It accompanies the guidance note which is focused on policy, strategy and project development. Chapter 1 explains the importance of M&E and lays...

Addressing Climate-Fragility Risks: Linking Peacebuilding, Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Livelihoods (Guidance Note)

Source: adelphi, UN Environment, and European Union, 2019

Topics: Climate Change, Livelihoods, Programming

Added: 05/05/2020

This climate-fragility risks guidance note seeks to inform the development and implementation of strategies, policies, or projects that seek to build resilience by linking climate change adaptation, peacebuilding, and sustainable livelihoods. It recommends a two-step approach to build resilience to climate-fragility risks: Assess the links and interactions between climate...

Apostila para o Curso Aberto Online de Grande Alcance sobre “Segurança Ambiental e Paz Sustentável”

Textbook for Massive Open Onlince Course on 'Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace'

Source: ELI and UN Environment, 2019

Topics: Conflict Causes, Cooperation, Extractive Resources, Governance, Renewable Resources

Added: 30/03/2019

Esta apostila acompanha o cursoaberto online de grande alcance (MOOC, na sigla em inglês) sobre segurança ambiental e paz sustentável . Os conflitos sobre os recursos naturais e o meio ambiente representam alguns dos maiores desafios da geopolítica do século 21, apresentando sérias ameaças à segurança humana em níveis local,...

Textbook for Massive Open Online Course on "Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace"

Source: ELI and UN Environment, 2019

Added: 26/03/2019

This textbook accompanies the massive open online course (MOOC) on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace. Conflicts over natural resources and the environment pose some of the greatest challenges in 21st century geopolitics, presenting serious threats to human security at the local, national, and international levels. Nonetheless, natural resources and the...

High-­Level Panel on Natural Resources and Conflict: A Mediated Solution - Summary of the Discussions

Source: UN Department of Political Affairs and UNEP, 2015

Topics: Conflict Causes, Cooperation, Dispute Resolution/Mediation

Added: 22/12/2015

Over the last 60 years, at least 40 % of all civil wars have had a link to natural resources. Since 1990, more than 18 conflicts have been fuelled or financed by the exploitation of natural resources. The importance of addressing natural resources in resolving and mediating conflicts is further...

Practical Guide: Mines and Communities (abridged version)

Source: American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, 2015

Countries: Guinea

Topics: Conflict Prevention, Dispute Resolution/Mediation, Extractive Resources

Added: 17/07/2015

The Republic of Guinea holds one-third of the world’s bauxite reserves, significant deposits of gold, diamonds, and some of the world’s most prized iron ore deposits. To help realize the promise that exploiting these minerals will improve the lives of the people of Guinea today and tomorrow, ABA ROLI has...

Guide Pratique: Mines & Communautés (version abrégée)

Practical Guide: Mines and Communities (abridged version)

Source: American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative , 2015

Countries: Guinea

Topics: Conflict Prevention, Dispute Resolution/Mediation, Extractive Resources

Added: 17/07/2015

La République de Guinée possède 30 % de la réserve mondiale de bauxite, d’importantes réserves d’or et de diamants, ainsi que de dépôts de minerai de fer les plus riches et non-développés du monde. Pour favoriser la réalisation d’un développement humain durable et de meilleures conditions de vie des guinéens...

Regional NGO Master Plan for Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley

Source: EcoPeace Middle East, Global Nature Fund, and Stockholm International Water Institute, 2015

Countries: Israel, Jordan, Palestine

Topics: Assessment, Renewable Resources

Added: 09/06/2015

The overall objective of this master plan is to promote peace, prosperity and security in the Jordan Valley and the adjacent regions. All three governments, Jordanian, Israeli and Palestinian have shown considerable leadership to date in advancing sanitation solutions and in their master planning efforts. Given that so many of...