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A Rapid Assessment of Liberia’s Mining Sector, with a Focus on the Local Impacts on Forests and People
2026
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Forest Trends
The mining sector has long driven Liberia’s economy. But while the economy has grown, Liberia has not developed at the same rate. This assessment examines…
Operation Epic Fury: Emerging Environmental Harm and Risks in Iran and the Region
2026
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Conflict and Environment Observatory
An updated overview of emerging environmental issues and perspectives arising from Operation Epic Fury in Iran, Israel, and the Gulf States. CEOBS has seen a…
Integrated Assessment of Climate-Related Security Risks for Peace and Security in Blue Nile, Sudan, and Their Gender Dimensions
2026
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UNEP
Hector Morales Munoz, Lukas Rüttinger, and Yosr Khèdr
The Blue Nile State in Sudan is grappling with a severe and escalating crisis, marked by an intensifying conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)…
Oil Field Impacts on Venezuela’s Rivers and Water Stress with Environmental Challenges
2026
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Journal of South American Earth Sciences
Aleksandar Valjarević
This study examines the ecological impact of oil extraction on Venezuela's river systems, focusing on pollution, hydrological changes, and water resource stress. A spatial and…
Transhumant Pastoralism, Climate Change, and Conflict in Africa
2026
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The Review of Economic Studies
Eoin F McGuirk and Nathan Nunn
The authors consider the effects of climate change on seasonally migrant populations that herd livestock—i.e. transhumant pastoralists—in Africa. Traditionally, transhumant pastoralists benefit from a cooperative…
Preparing for Hot Conflicts: Army Training and Operations in a Warming World
2026
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Military Review
Erik M. Patton, Christopher L. Chapman, and Gabrielle E. W. Giersch
Global climate change, a concept difficult to appreciate in a practical context, will affect the day-to-day training and operations for soldiers in numerous ways. Here,…
Herder-Related Violence, Labor Allocation, and the Gendered Response of Agricultural Households
2026
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Journal of Development Economics
Jeffrey R. Bloem, Amy Damon, David Francis, and Harrison Mitchell
Violent conflict between nomadic herders and settled agricultural communities in Nigeria occurs as both groups clash over the use of land and natural resources, in…
Gender Responsive Climate Security Assessment for Sri Lanka
2026
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UN Women, UNDP, and UNDPPA
Janani Vivekananda, Emma Whitaker, and Mary Potts
Commissioned by the UNDP–DPPA Joint Programme and UN Women with the support from the Government of Australia, and conducted by adelphi research, this pioneering assessment…
Climate and Conflict Vulnerability Mapping of Northern, Northwestern, Eastern and Uva provinces of Sri Lanka
2026
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International Water Management Institute
Sujeewa Dissanayaka, Nishadi Eriyagama, Karin Fernando, Nadiya Azmy, Thilini de Alwis, Minuri Perera, Lal Muthuwatta, Hashitha Ruwan Abeywardana, Shiraj Morugama, Sanjiv de Silva, and Kumarathasan Vinopavan
This study examines climate and conflict vulnerability across the Northern, Northwestern, Eastern, and Uva provinces of Sri Lanka, focusing on how climatic and socio-economic factors…
Climate Change, Human Mobility and Security
2026
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Kheira Tarif
This SIPRI Policy Brief explores the connected challenges of climate change, human mobility and security, highlighting how fragmented policies and misconceptions—such as the myth of…
Climate Risks and Agricultural Changes in Conflict-Affected Myanmar
2026
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International Food Policy Research Institute
Bart Minten, Joanna van Asselt, Zin Wai Aung, and Joseph Goeb
Climate change and conflict are increasingly shaping livelihoods in Myanmar, with agricultural households among the most directly affected. Yet, empirical evidence on how these stressors…
Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier: Expert Perspectives on Human Security in Bangladesh
2026
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Geographies
Ferdous Sultana and Jürgen Scheffran
Bangladesh is at the forefront of climate change impacts because of its geographical location, high population density, and constrained socio-economic infrastructure. The objective is to…
Hydropolitics and Strategic Security in Post-Conflict South Sudan: Navigating Water Governance in the Nile Basin
2025
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East African Scholars Journal of Economics Business and Management
Amaring J. Ikarak and Abraham K. Nyuon
This study examined the complex relationship between hydropolitics and strategic security in post-conflict South Sudan, emphasizing the critical role of water resource management within the…
The Nature of Peace: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Its Implications for Environment and Livelihoods
2025
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Ecology & Society
Fariborz Zelli and Torsten Krause
This editorial introduces the special feature’s main objective: to provide latest research findings on the dynamics between environmental protection and post-conflict peacebuilding processes after internal…
Strengthening the OSCE’s Climate Security Agenda
2025
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Emma Hakala and Florian Krampe
Despite a clear mandate from the December 2021 Stockholm Ministerial Council Decision on Strengthening Co-operation to Address the Challenges Caused by Climate Change, the Organization…
Environmental Peacebuilding: A Self-Paced Course and Toolkit for Conflict Analysis and Strategic Peacebuilding
2025
Ken Conca, Matthew Colucci, Ariana Lippi, and Kelcey Negus
This document contains a self-paced course that trains participants in key concepts and applications of environmental peacebuilding. Environmental peacebuilding is a field of research and…
The Problem of Social Justice in Environmental Peacebuilding: Between Thin and Thick Justice in Liberia
2025
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Environment and Security
Jacobo Grajales, Kou Gbaintor Johnson, and Hueward Neal
Recent research on environmental peacebuilding has encouraged scholars to move away from technocratic definitions of peace and to pay greater attention to how peacebuilding policies…
The Environmental Impact Assessment and Military Conflicts – An Outline of the Problem Area
2023
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Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne
Sergiusz Urban
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a legal, procedural tool that allows identifying, predicting, evaluating and preventing or mitigating the impacts of a planned project…
A Multi-Level Spatial Assessment Framework for Identifying Land Use Conflict Zones
2025
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Land Use Policy
Danyang Wang, Mingshu Wang, Wei Zheng, Yaya Song, and Xianjin Huang
Land use conflicts (LUCs) are pivotal in understanding the complex interactions between human activities and global changes. This paper proposes a conceptual framework to analyze…
How the Ongoing Armed Conflict between Russia and Ukraine Can Affect the Global Wheat Food Security?
2025
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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Khondoker Abdul Mottaleb and Velu Govindan
This study examines the potential impacts of Russia-Ukraine armed conflict on the consumption and trade of wheat and wheat food security. Russia and Ukraine jointly…
Indonesia in 2035: Climate Risks to Security in the Indo-Pacific
2025
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Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Michael Copage, Robert Glasser, and Isabelle Bond
The Indo-Pacific region is particularly exposed to climate impacts, and Indonesia, like many countries, will be severely affected by climate impacts in the decade to…
Germany's National Interdisciplinary Climate Risk Assessment
2025
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Metis Institute for Strategy and Foresight, adelphi research, BND, and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
This National Interdisciplinary Climate Risk Assessment outlines the risks to Germany’s national security resulting from climate change up until 2040. In accordance with the National…
Challenges to the Bedouin Traditional Natural Resources Management Systems: The Case of the Bedouin Hadandawa’s of Eastern Sudan
2025
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Sociological Demography Press
Omer A. Hayati, Samir M. Ali Alredaisy, Mohammed Abu Elhassan Elgasim, and Mohamed Elnour Yassen
This research investigates the customary natural resource management system of the Bedouin Hadandawa in Eastern Sudan and identifies the problems it encounters in comparison to…
Somalia: IPC Acute Food Insecurity and Malnutrition Snapshot | January - June 2025
2025
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Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
Nearly 3.4 million people or 17 percent of Somalia’s population are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, classified in IPC AFI Phase 3 or…
Armed Conflict Causes Long-Lasting Environmental Harms
2025
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Environment and Security
Florian Krampe, Joakim Kreutz, and Tobias Ide
Armed conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza are very visible reminders of the severe negative impacts that armed conflicts have on the environment. Yet, despite knowledge…
Transforming Environmental Peacebuilding: Addressing Extractivism in Building Climate Resilient Peace
2024
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Ecology and Society
Barbara Magalhaes Teixeira and Christie J. Nicoson
The authors examined the role of anti-extractivism as environmental peacebuilding through a conflict transformation framework. Environmental peacebuilding aims to foster peace through addressing environmental issues…
National Interdisciplinary Climate Risk Assessment
2024
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Metis Institute for Strategy and Foresight, adelphi research, Bundesnachrichtendienst, and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Jakob Gomolka, Benjamin Pohl, Frank Sauer, Fanny Thornton, and Konstantinos Tsetsos
This National Interdisciplinary Climate Risk Assessment outlines the risks to Germany’s national security resulting from climate change up until 2040. Ensuring national security means protecting…
Africa Climate Security Risk Assessment
2024
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adelphi
Lukas Rüttinger, Lukas Destrijcker, Héctor Morales-Muñoz, Adrian Foong, Jakob Gomolka, Lisa Binder, Taye Abdulkadir, Titilope Akosa, Anna Belli, Matthew Brubacher, Mabaye Dia, Matthieu Guillier, Salma Kadry, Benson Kendyuio, Grascious Maviza, Chantelle
The Africa Climate Security Risk Assessment (ACRA) is the first comprehensive study of climate security across Africa. It identifies climate security pathways across the African…
Destruction of the Oskil Dam in Ukraine, March–September 2022: A Remote Assessment of Environmental Impacts
2024
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Conflict Observatory
CURIA Lab
This report investigates the March and September 2022 breaches of the Oskil Dam, the second of which rendered the dam inoperable for 22 months. The…
Conflict-Sensitive Adaptation Governance: Assessing Kenya’s County Climate Change Fund
2025
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CGIAR
Leonardo Medina, Frans Schapendonk, Martina Jaskolski, Joab Osuma, AliceJebiwott, Radhika Singh, Joyce Takaindisa, and Grazia Pacillo
The Conflict Sensitive Adaptation Governance analysis aims to evaluate multi-level climate adaptation policies on whether these instruments are intentionally designed, implemented, and assessed for their…