Environmental peacebuilding represents a paradigm shift from a nexus of environmental
scarcity to one of environmental peace. It rests on the assumption that the biophysical …

This paper explains how climate change may increase future migration, and which risks are
associated with such migration. It also examines how some of this migration may enhance …

Many of the debates surrounding the environmental, social, and economic implications of
climate change are now well known. However, there is increasing concern over the extent to …

The conflict over water and agricultural resources within the Sahel of Africa has led to the
destruction of lives, property and nature for decades. The extant practice is to label these …

This book provides the first systematic analysis of peace-building in Central Asia for inter-
ethnic conflicts over water and land in the Ferghana Valley based on concrete, in-depth and …

This report responds to heightened concerns over a rising level of conflict and antagonism
between predominantly herding groups and more settled farming peoples across a wide …

This paper draws attention to the central role played by the Ethiopian state in reconfiguring
contemporary (agro-) pastoral conflicts in its semi-arid lowlands. Contrary to primordialist …

Without resolute counteraction, climate change will overstretch many societies' adaptive
capacities within the coming decades. This could result in destabilization and violence …

In recent decades much research has been done about environment and migration by
separate communities of scholars. Over the past 5 years, however, there has been …

This paper offers a historical micro-level analysis of the impact of climate shocks on the
incidence of civil conflict in colonial Nigeria (1912–1945). Primary historical sources on court …