Wars Cause Widespread Pollution and Environmental Damage − Here’s How to Address It in Peace Accords

Jun 23, 2024 | Richard Marcantonio and Josefina Echavarria Alvarez
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Few agreements include environmental provisions, and even fewer see them carried out, even though research shows that many drivers of conflict can be directly or indirectly related to the environment. The authors work with a research program at the University of Notre Dame called the Peace Accords Matrix, which monitors the implementation of comprehensive peace accords in 34 countries worldwide. Only 10 of the accords have natural resource management provisions agreements, and these typically have not triggered major steps to protect the environment.