A Secure Future: Environmental Cooperation for Peacebuilding in The 21st Century

May 13, 2024 | Simon Hutagalung
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The 21st century has brought about a greater recognition of the importance of environmental relationships well-being and global peace. It is becoming increasingly clear that as the environment continues to degrade it has the potential to worsen conflicts and act as a multiplier threat.  This essay aims to explore this relationship by crucially focusing on how environmental scarcity amplifies conflict and by proposing the use of environmental cooperation as an effective tool for peacebuilding.