Reimagining Environmental Peacebuilding in Yemen: Insights from a Longitudinal Survey of Yemenis on Catalyzers of Peace and Conflict

Date & Time
Jun 17, 2026 | 11.00 - 12.30

Participants
Asim Zia, Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security (United States)
Jeannine Valcour, Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security (United States)
Lindsey Bouzan, Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security (United States)

The relationship between environmental change and human conflict & peace is complex and multifaceted. Environmental change can act as both a catalyst for conflict and a promoter of peace, depending on various factors such as resource availability, governance, and social resilience. Several competing theoretical hypotheses have been postulated and empirically tested in various pre-, during or post-conflict settings: Resource scarcity vs. resource abundance hypothesis; environmental migration vs. social resilience and institutional capacity hypothesis. In this panel, three academic-practitioner co-produced papers explore and test these hypotheses by analyzing longitudinal survey of Yemenites, and identify new pathways for environmental peacebuilding action.

Does Environmental Change Catalyze Peace or Conflict? Opportunities for Peacebuilding Action Discovered from Latent Class Analysis of a Survey of Yemenis

Asim Zia, Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security (United States)

Prisms of Peace: Navigating Yemeni Perspectives on Water Security as a Pathway Toward Stability

Lindsey Bouzan, Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security (United States)

Environmental Migration Hypothesis in Yemen: Are Climate Refugees More Likely to Support Peacebuilding Initiatives?

Jeannine Valcour, Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security (United States)