From Jerusalem to Glasgow, Peacebuilding Must Address Climate Stressors

Jun 7, 2021 | Janani Vivekananda
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During the recent terrible escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine, for example, attention was – rightly – focused on the direct political causes of the conflict.

But, as a new report highlights, the Middle East is one of the regions in the world where climate change poses an increasing challenge to peace and security. As climate change worsens the region’s natural resource scarcity, already low levels of socio-ecological resilience diminish and existing grievances over resource allocation increase, along with social tensions and political conflicts. This poses yet another hurdle to resolving one of the world’s most intractable conflicts.