Environment and Security

The many voices of environmental cooperation: A relational analysis of 30 years of environmental peacebuilding over shared waters in Israel, Jordan, and Palestine - Laura E. R. Peters, Ken Conca, Aaro... Environmental cooperation is theorized to contribute to peacebuilding, but the complexity of how this linkage is realized for the people involved remains out of...

For 30 years, EcoPeace has focused on environmental peacebuilding in the shared waters of Palestine, Jordan, and Israel. Through interviews with 83 program participants, this article analyzes the program's impacts and the implications for future projects.
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While some droughts may have minor impacts, others can lead to conflict, such as the Syrian civil war. The Pathways to Instability Framework uses empirical evidence to identify which root conditions coupled with extreme water events are likely to spark conflict.
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Resilience through migration with dignity: Pathways for addressing complexities in climate, migration, and conflict - Shanna N McClain, Carl Bruch, Jacqueline Kessler, 2025 Climate change drives and exacerbates threats to international stability and human security, often resulting in migration. While the linkages between climate ch...

As climate change leads to increased conflict and migration, the Migration with Dignity framework is essential for helping prevent and lessen the impacts of conflict. Read more about how the framework addresses these issues in Environment and Security.

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Conflict management as an insular strategy? Comparing dyadic learning of dispute resolution strategies across geopolitical issues - Andrew P Owsiak, Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, 2025 This study considers whether and how familiarity with (i.e. past usage) and the usefulness (i.e. success) of past conflict management strategies influence the w...

How do historical mediation strategies between two countries inform their responses to current disputes? Research by Andrew Owsiak and @sbmitche.bsky.social finds evidence that past behaviors leads to learning in future conflict responses within the same area.

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As climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events, the new paper by Bomi K. Lee and
@sojeonglee.bsky.social analyzes how shifts in precipitation impact interstate conflict by analyzing data from the Western Hemisphere and Europe.

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REDD+ projects are touted as an effective carbon sequestration tool that can also benefit the communities in which they are implemented. However, new analysis from Dominique Schmid and Carolina Castro Osorio finds that these projects may have negative impacts.

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Pathways to respond to climate change, forced displacement, and conflict challenges - Edoardo Borgomeo, Anders Jägerskog, 2025 The collision of climate impacts with forced displacement and conflict renders efforts to promote peace and development particularly challenging. Most of the ac...

The latest article from Edoardo Borgomeo and Anders Jägerskog introduces a framework to inform policy interventions in response to the interconnected challenges of climate change, migration, and conflict. Read more in Environment and Security.
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The U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement—Implications for global climate governance and security - Ashok Swain, Carl Bruch, Tobias Ide, Päivi Lujala, Richard A. Matthew, Erika Weinthal, Tom Deligi...

As the United States once again pulls out of the Paris Climate Agreement the editors of Environment and Security look at the potential impacts of this decision on everything from international security to trade relations.

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“Armed conflict causes long-lasting environmental harms” - Florian Krampe, Joakim Kreutz, Tobias Ide, 2025 Armed conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza are very visible reminders of the severe negative impacts that armed conflicts have on the environment. Yet, despite knowled...

Check out this groundbreaking study on the environmental impacts of armed conflict from @floriankrampe.bsky.social @joakimkreutz.bsky.social and Tobias Ide. In it, they find that after conflicts end the environmental impacts linger for 20-30 years.

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Book Review: Review of Gerard Toal, Oceans Rise, Empires Fall: Why Geopolitics Hastens Climate Catastrophe - Matt McDonald, 2025

Out now in @envsecjournal.bsky.social, my review of Gerard Toal's outstanding new book, Oceans Rise, Empires Fall journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

On March 10th, the Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS) are holding a Zoom discussion on the cuts to foreign aid and their impact on humanitarian-environmental activities. Register here to attend and share the event with others. bit.ly/4gIUgF6

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As the countries most affected by climate change and conflict increasingly overlap Jonas Bergman’s latest paper examines climate action projects in conflict-affected regions, offering key research and policy considerations. Read more in Environment and Security
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Peace agreements in a changing climate: Three ways in which climate change and peace processes interact - Tim Epple, 2025 Previous research has shown that climate change can exacerbate conflict drivers or, on the other hand, incentivise ‘environmental peacebuilding’. One might, the...

Check out Tim Epple’s new paper, which examines the three main ways climate change is addressed in peace agreements and the climate implications that should be considered when creating new agreements #peacebuilding #environmentalpeacebulding
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With ongoing conflict between nomadic herders and farmers intensifying in Nigeria, Daniel Tuki's new article seeks to quantify how perceptions of religion shape this issue and impact support for a new policy that would ban open grazing of livestock
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Explore Cletus Nwankwo's new literature review which examines the three main frameworks that are being used to analyze how the confluence of climate change and geopolitics intensifies farmer-herder conflicts in West Africa

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