Building Peace amidst Climate Challenges: Insights from Conciliation Resources

Nov 19, 2023 | Mercy Masta
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This first paper, titled A Changing Climate For Peace: Navigating Conflict in the Climate Crisis explores the intricate relationship between climate change, conflict, and peacebuilding. Drawing from experiences in the Philippines (Bangsamoro), Uganda (Karamoja), and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the authors show how climate change deepens existing vulnerabilities, intensifying tensions between various groups and governments.

The second paper, titled Gender, Culture Identity, Conflict and Climate Change: Understanding Relationships’, delves into the efforts of Conciliation Resources and our partners to promote peace by addressing social inequalities, particularly gender disparities, and their connection to conflict and climate change. Through workshops conducted in various regions, including Uganda, Pakistan-administered Kashmir, and the Bangsamoro, we explored how gender and cultural norms influence people's experiences with climate change and conflict.

By addressing underlying inequalities, leveraging climate initiatives for peacebuilding, integrating gender analysis into policies, promoting gender-responsive climate action, and investing in locally-led programmes, the authors can help to not only address the physical and social impacts of climate change but to transform the systems and practices that have led to the climate crisis and related conflict risks.