Drivers of Violent Conflict Emergence (Chapter 2.2 in Massive Open Online Course on Environmental Security & Sustaining Peace) [Video]
Publisher: UNEP, ELI, Columbia University, Duke University, University of California Irvine, UNDP, EnPAx, and SDG Academy
Author(s): Marc Levy
Date: 2019
What are the roles of natural resources and other environmental factors in driving or escalating violent conflict? This chapter profiles resource scarcity, environmental degradation, and climate stress, as well as competition over valuable natural resources, as environmental factors that can motivate violent conflict directly or indirectly.