Toolkits & Guidance

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

2019 | adelphi, UN Environment, and European Union

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…

Accessing and Using Climate Data and Information in Fragile, Data-Poor States

2015 | International Institute for Sustainable Development, The International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Simon Mason, Andrew Kruczkiewicz, Pietro Ceccato, and Alec Crawford

This report provides peacebuilding practitioners with guidance for accessing and using climate data and information in fragile contexts. It describes some of the challenges to…

Regional NGO Master Plan for Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley

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

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,…

Guide Pratique: Mines & Communautés (version abrégée)

2015 | American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative

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…

Practical Guide: Mines and Communities (abridged version)

2015 | American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative

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…

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

2015 | UN Department of Political Affairs and UNEP

Over the last 60 years, at least 40 % of all civil wars have had a link to natural resources. Since 1990, more than 18…

Fragile States 2014: Domestic Revenue Mobilisation

2014 | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Aid has declined by 2.4% in 2011 and will continue its downward trend. Meanwhile, the share of the world’s poor found in fragile states is…

UN-HABITAT Syria Regional Crisis Response

2014 | UN Habitat

After more than two years of intense fighting, the conflict in Syria has claimed over 100,000 lives and has injured another 575,000. An estimated 6.5…

High-Value Natural Resources: Linking Wildlife Conservation to International Conflict, Insecurity, and Development Concerns

2014 | Leo R. Douglas and Kelvin Alie, Biological Conservation

The relationship between natural resources and conflict is well documented, except for wildlife. We discuss the role that wildlife can play in national and international…

Illicit Drugs and Peace Negotiations in Colombia: Challenges for the Government and the FARC

2014 | Mónica Serrano, Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

This expert analysis critically assesses the political implications of the inclusion of the issue of illicit drugs in Colombia’s peace negotiations. It considers the ways…

Participatory Impact Assessment: A Design Guide

2014 | Andy Catley, John Burns, Dawit Abebe, Omeno Suji

The Feinstein International Center has been developing and adapting participatory approaches to measure the impact of livelihoods based interventions since the early nineties. Originally released…

Water and Conflict

2014 | USAID

Competition over natural resources, including water, is often viewed as a driver of conflict and has emerged as a key component in many current and past…

Extractive Industries, Revenue Allocation and Local Politics

2014 | Javier Arellano-Yanguas and Andrés Mejía-Acosta

The success of a developmental strategy based on the extraction of non-renewable resources is largely dependent on the share of revenues captured by the state…

Forest Defender

2014 | Center for International Environmental Law

ForestDefender is a legal database that provides a snapshot of international human rights and obligations relevant to forest governance. It captures the large amount of information…

Conflict Minerals: Stakeholder Options for Responsible Sourcing are Expanding, but More Information on Smelters is Needed

2014 | United States Government Accountability Office

Since the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Act) was passed in 2010, relevant U.S. agencies have undertaken various activities related to…

Conflict Minerals Reporting: 12 Lessons Learned with Best Practices Worksheet for 2014

2014 | Green Status Pro

See the issues other companies faced when filing their first Conflict Mineral Reports.

 

After reading this book you will learn:

Preparing for your 2015 AuditDeveloping Supply Chain…

From Fragility to Resilience: Managing Natural Resources in Fragile States in Africa (Summary Report)

2014 | African Development Bank Group
Ilona Coyle & Carl Bruch

Natural resources have the potential to catalyze transformative change in Africa. In the African Development Bank’s Ten Year Strategy (2013-2022), the Bank envisions the next…

The IISD Guide to Negotiating Investment Contracts for Farmland and Water

2014 | International Institute for International Development
Carin Smaller

“The IISD Guide to Negotiating Investment Contracts for Farmland and Water is a legal and policy tool for governments and communities that are involved in…

Topic Guide: Conflict, Climate and Environment

2014 | Evidence on Demand
Katie Peters and Janani Vivekananda

This Topic Guide will support Department for International Development (DFID) advisers in the Conflict, Security and Justice Cadres as well as the Humanitarian, Climate and…

The Rise of Hydro-Diplomacy

2014 | Adelphi
Benjamin Pohl, Alexander Carius, Ken Conca, Geoffrey D. Dabelko, Annika Kramer, David Michel, Susanne Schmeier, Ashok Swain, and Aaron Wolf

What contribution can diplomats and technical experts make to support transboundary water cooperation? And how can such cooperation be leveraged to facilitate wider-ranging regional integration?…

Confronting the Curse: The Economics and Geopolitics of Natural Resource Governance

2014 | Peterson Institute for International Economics
Cullen S. Hendrix and Marcus Noland

Countries blessed with abundant natural resources often seek financial and political power from their supposedly lucky status. But the potentially negative impact of natural resources…

Benchmarks for Land Governance in Africa

2014 | International Land Coalition Africa
Tim Bending

As we plunge into land reforms on the African continent with diverse interests and players raising varied propositions, the Framework and Guidelines on Land Policy…

Natural Resource Management in Transitional Settings

2013 | UN Development Group

Conflict stems from and is fuelled by a variety of factors. Among these, natural resource related issues figure prominently. Since 1990, at least 17 violent…

Extractive Industry Source Book

2013 | World Bank Institute

Knowledge of the oil, gas and mining industries has become a subject of acute controversy as it has become clear that their activities can bring…

Livelihoods and Economic Recovery in Crisis Situations

2013 | UNDP

Disasters and violent conflicts continue to claim lives and destroy livelihoods of far too many people around the world and undermine development achievements. This can…

Foreign Investment, Law and Sustainable Development: A Handbook on Agriculture and Extractive Industries

2013 | Lorenzo Cotula (IIED)

This handbook is about how to use law to make foreign investment work for sustainable development. It aims to provide a rigorous yet accessible analysis…

Targeted Scenario Analysis: A New Approach to Capturing and Presenting Ecosystem Service Values for Decision Makers

2013 | United Nations Development Program

This guidebook provides a step-by-step introduction to Targeted Scenario Analysis (TSA), an innovative analytical approach, developed by UNDP that captures and presents the value of…

Guidance Note: Community Infrastructure Rehabilitation

2013 | UNDP

Focussing on urgent post-crisis assistance, this guidance note provides practical advice to UNDP Country Offices on how to plan, design and implement a short-term project…

Reverse the Curse: Maximizing the Potential of Resource-driven Economies

2013 | Richard Dobbs, Jeremy Oppenheim, Adam Kendall, Fraser Thompson, Martin Bratt, and Fransje van der Marel (McKinsey Global Institute)

Rising resource prices and expanded production have raised the number of countries where the resource sector represents a major share of the economy, from 58…

Creating Jobs in Africa’s Fragile States

2013 | Nora Dudwick and Radhika Srinivasan, with Jose Cuesta and Dorsati Madani, The World Bank

In no part of the world does the need to generate employment combine more urgently with the need for stability than in Sub-Saharan Africa, home…