A New Tool to Assess Environmental Peacebuilding

Dec 19, 2023 | Eleanor Greenbaum
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As climate-related disasters swell in scale and intensity, the countries and communities impacted by fragility or conflict are among the most vulnerable. The explicit focus on relief, recovery, and peace at COP28 offered the international community a clear acknowledgement that climate and conflict increasingly overlap. In this context, the field of “environmental peacebuilding” arises. The concept can be described as a framework by which management of environmental issues is integrated into, and can support, efforts aimed at conflict prevention, mitigation, resolution, and recovery.