From climate conflicts to environmental peacebuilding: Exploring local dimensions

Environment and Security, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(1), P. 3 - 20

Published: Feb. 21, 2024

Environmental change and armed conflict are major challenges of the 21st century. Meanwhile, scholars practitioners increasingly recognize environment natural resources as not only sources violence but also potential means for peacebuilding. While research on both fronts is rapidly progressing, literature climate–conflict nexus environmental peacebuilding has remained disconnected, although climate conflicts will (and already) require efforts. We address this gap by identifying overlaps that open opportunities an integrated agenda. Particularly, we call a deeper exploration local dimensions climate-related Local actors, knowledge, networks, identities shape outcomes key in building climate-resilient peace. However, romanticizing sphere might mask significant inequalities, power differences, ethical concerns.

Language: Английский

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On (In-)Secure Grounds: How Military Forces Interact with Global Environmental Change

Journal of Global Security Studies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9(1)

Published: Jan. 9, 2024

Abstract Military forces contribute to, struggle with, and respond to global environmental change. This entangles them ambiguously with their ecological environment. article reviews these entanglements in two steps. First, it develops a three-dimensional typology of ecologically relevant military activities by drawing on the peace conflict research streams political ecology, decolonial studies, conflicts, peacebuilding, securitization, climate human security. In second step, this then guides first literature review studies –environment interactions. The finds four different roles: (1) are complicit causing harms through conduct; (2) they involved Anthropocene geopolitics, for instance, melting Arctic; (3) alleviate impacts range mitigation adaptation measures, including disaster response; and, finally, (4) some have been found obstructing policy. study argues that roles indicative challenges conventional security policies face when addressing increasingly multipolar Anthropocene’s challenges.

Language: Английский

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Monitoring climate change vulnerability in the Himalayas

AMBIO, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Aug. 31, 2024

Abstract Longitudinal assessment of climate vulnerability is essential for understanding the complex factors affecting how people experience and respond to change. We report on first longitudinal in Himalayan region, exploring evolving landscape, perceptions, experiences communities change impacts, vulnerability, adaptation Kashmir over an 8-year period from 2017 2024. provide Re-study Framework (HRF) monitor, characterise, conceptualise Himalayas. Utilising mixed methods, we showcase social, economic, political, environmental dimensions, examining impacts evolve time, shaping reshaping risks are experienced responded by communities. Our analysis reveals a nuanced highlighting impact communities’ livelihoods water security, differential marginalised communities, gendered nature examine certain sections population face marginalisation, discrimination, racism, exacerbates these challenges. Kashmir’s extends beyond factors, intertwining with culture, livelihoods, social dynamics, politics. Climate continues compete attention immediate political socio-economic challenges, need integrated approaches address both societal issues Kashmir.

Language: Английский

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A review of climate security risk assessment tools

Environment and Security, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(1), P. 175 - 210

Published: Feb. 15, 2024

To address climatic risks to human security, various climate security risk assessment (CSRA) tools have been developed. We systematically reviewed 28 such against state-of-the-art research (i) define best practices in CSRAs, (ii) identify related gaps these and derive recommendations on how them, (iii) outline a policy-relevant agenda. suggest the following measures improve CSRA tools: Global South actors need be more strongly involved priority setting, conceptualization, analysis, intervention design. should offer geographically disaggregated analyses, transparently explain choices regarding tools’ temporal geographical foci, assess their implications for evidence. In this regard, any type of sampling bias avoided. Mixed methods can clear advantages study context-specific dynamics across different time scales. The main conceptualizations evolve around comprehensive consideration determinants (climatic hazards, exposure, vulnerability) complex climate–security linkages, communication uncertainty, implementation validation routines. These factors better accounted for. advance future should, example, develop methodologies integrate quantitative qualitative approaches, performance predictions, conflict projections.

Language: Английский

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Overcoming lock-in of science-policy responses to reef heating

Marine Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 170, P. 106380 - 106380

Published: Sept. 7, 2024

Language: Английский

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Examining Truth Regimes Reveals How Local Communities View Flooding and River Management in the Lower Missouri River Basin, USA

Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 11, 2025

Abstract Riverine flooding is increasing in frequency and intensity, requiring river management agencies to consider new approaches working with communities on flood mitigation planning. Communication information sharing between complex, mistrust misinformation arise quickly when perceive that they are excluded from Subsequently, riverfront community members create narratives can be examined as truth regimes—truths created repeated indicate how its causes understood, represented, discussed within their communities—to explain why occurs area. To better understand perceptions of related flooding, we employed a qualitative methodology semi-structured interviews 112 3 the Missouri River, USA. Discourse analysis revealed three dominant regimes shape these communities: (1) upstream reservoir releases driven by recreational aims, such fishing boating reservoirs, instead downstream control; (2) endangered species protection surpasses other values management; (3) navigation for commerce no longer prioritized. For environmental managers, understanding circulating local affected help moderate frustration governing bodies, guide project messaging disarm false regimes, improve communication science, options policy implementation.

Language: Английский

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Vulnerability to natural disasters and sustainable consumption: Unraveling political and regional differences

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 122(5)

Published: Jan. 27, 2025

The urgent calls for action on climate change underscore the importance of increasing sustainable behavior among individuals who have traditionally veered away from it, such as those political right. Utilizing data four geopolitical regions across 24 countries, we explore whether vulnerability to natural disasters, brought by either experiencing or anticipating a disaster, is crucial factor. We find that disasters increases, consumption intentions significantly increase rightists in Western Europe, Israel, and United States. Environmental motives, rather than economic trend are found drive this effect. This suggests that, rightists, expectation being directly impacted can override their established attitudes foster more with goal helping environment. In contrast, same weaker leftists, already embrace behavior. Interestingly, Central Eastern interplay between ideology absent, highlighting unique postcommunist context region. These findings necessity tailored strategies promoting regional contexts provide vital insight into how may groups resisted it. quasiexperiment, test potential an intervention using messages highlight recent one’s locality demonstrate its effectiveness pushing toward consumption.

Language: Английский

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Climate change vulnerability and adaptation among mountain guides in the Canadian Rockies

Regional Environmental Change, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 25(1)

Published: Jan. 28, 2025

Language: Английский

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Acting on climate change-driven incommensurable loss

Climate and Development, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 10

Published: Feb. 19, 2025

Language: Английский

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Driving mechanism for farmers' acceptance of climate-smart agriculture

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 145299 - 145299

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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