From climate conflicts to environmental peacebuilding: Exploring local dimensions
Environment and Security,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
2(1), С. 3 - 20
Опубликована: Фев. 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.
Язык: Английский
Environmental (in)security, peacebuilding and green economic recovery in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine
Environment and Security,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
2(1), С. 21 - 46
Опубликована: Фев. 12, 2024
In
addition
to
the
loss
of
many
lives
and
livelihoods,
Russia’s
war
aggression
against
Ukraine
has
also
led
direct
indirect
harm
environment
in
other
parts
world:
local
ecosystems
have
been
destroyed
polluted,
affecting
human
security
health
as
well
biodiversity
for
years
come.
Any
attempt
build
a
sustainable
peace
after
will
consider
these
environmental
insecurities
their
origins
historically
asymmetric
relationships
between
external
actors
centred
around
resource
extractivism.
this
paper,
we
pursue
complementary
approach
political
ecology
peacebuilding
scholarships:
while
former
offers
an
interrogation
larger
power
structures
practices
at
environment–conflict
nexus,
ranging
from
Russian
imperialism
sought-after
European
integration,
latter
enables
discussion
conditions
under
which
necessary
recovery
remediation
initiatives
may
contribute
instead
further
conflict.
Taking
both
approaches
together,
argue
that
key
politically
environmentally
lies
centring
Ukrainian
civil
society
communities.
Язык: Английский
Be a man: A theory of climate change, masculinities and violence
Environment and Security,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
2(1), С. 121 - 144
Опубликована: Фев. 15, 2024
Experts
increasingly
agree
that
the
impacts
of
climate
change
are
likely
to
create
new
violent
conflict
risks
and
exacerbate
existing
ones.
However,
extent
this
link
specific
causal
pathways
much
less
clear,
role
gender
in
process
is
under-examined.
This
paper
theorizes
gendered
norms,
especially
expectations
how
men
perform
their
masculinities,
an
intervening
variable
might
explain
some
relationship.
In
doing
so,
it
engages
with
emerging
debate
around
which
influences
evolution
conflict,
theorizing
illustrative
observation
events
Arab
Spring
Tunisia
Syria.
I
find
there
plausible
explanations
for
climate–conflict
links
involving
men’s
behaviour
serving
as
between
discuss
implications
moving
away
from
securitized
approaches,
future
study
peacebuilding
work.
Язык: Английский
Toward indigenous methodologies and environmental peacebuilding: A study on water projects in Nepal
Environment and Security,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
2(1), С. 105 - 120
Опубликована: Фев. 26, 2024
Environmental
peacebuilding,
both
in
research
and
practice,
demonstrates
the
potential
of
preventing,
minimizing,
mitigating
conflict,
particularly
postwar
societies.
However,
complexities
environment
have
not
yet
been
fully
considered.
In
consequence,
environmental
peacebuilding
may
involuntarily
perpetuate
violence
instead
building
peace.
The
paper
aims
to
begin
filling
these
theoretical
methodological
gaps
by
critically
examining
conceptual
aspects
“environment.”
Studying
through
a
postcolonial
lens
applying
indigenous
methodologies,
reorients
scholarship
focusing
on
politics
two
drinking
water
projects
eastern
hills
Nepal.
study
highlights
challenges
overemphasizing
material
resources
that
are
embedded
within
contends
should
be
deemed
important
only
from
usability
perspectives
but
also
for
its
historical
sociopolitical
dimensions
local
community
context.
concludes
ignoring
further
obscures
practical
interlinkages
between
environment,
This,
turn,
can
undermine
efforts,
crucial
approach
addressing
climate
change-induced
conflict.
Язык: Английский
The low‐carbon risk society: Dilemmas of risk–risk tradeoffs in energy innovations, transitions, and climate policy
Risk Analysis,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Июнь 29, 2024
Abstract
As
countries
and
communities
grapple
with
climate
change,
they
seek
to
rapidly
decarbonize
their
economies
cultures.
A
low‐carbon
future
will
likely
depend
on
more
distributed
solar
energy,
the
electrification
of
mobility,
efficient
homes
buildings.
But
what
emergent
risks
are
evident
within
this
society?
This
exploratory
study
first
reviews
existing
literature
identify
75
risk–risk
tradeoffs
by
category,
medium
distribution,
type.
It
builds
these
examples
apply
a
typology
Risk
Offsets,
Substitution,
Transfer,
Transformation.
Based
extensive
document
analysis,
it
applies
that
three
innovations:
battery
electric
vehicles,
building
energy
efficiency
retrofits,
identifying
36
distinct
in
total.
such,
paper
moves
discuss
complexities
challenges
risk
management.
In
doing
so,
calls
for
refined
assessment
better
accounts
decision‐making
considerations
such
as
magnitude
or
probability
risk,
size
population
exposed,
certainty
estimation,
severity
adverse
outcome,
distributional
considerations,
timing
impacts.
also
summarizes
research
gaps.
management
context
action
becomes
three‐dimensional
chess
game
weighing
transmission,
mediums,
categories.
Язык: Английский