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The library displays a collection of documentation related to technology and environmental peacebuilding. It collects relevant academic research, policy documents, practitioners reports and analyses, as well as other material such as guidance and tool kits.

The library is a community initiative updated by the support of the Environmental Law Institute and the Big Data and Frontier Technologies Interest Group of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association. If you wish to contribute with publications, please do send us relevant material at tech@environmentalpeacebuilding.org.

There are 136 resources in the library. If you would like to help build the library by contributing materials, please click here.

Revisiting the Environmental Legacies of the Vietnam War

2025 | Current History
Pamela McElwee

The 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War provides an opportunity to reflect on the conflict’s enduring scars, from severe ecological damages to…


Resource Curse in the Age of Critical Minerals: Geopolitical Forces and Market Maturity

2025 | Science Direct
Juergen Braunstein and Marina Chuchko

The global demand for critical minerals—such as lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements—essential to renewable energy and technology, raises concerns about a modern resurgence of…


Africa’s Ascent: Forging a Sovereign AI Future from Mineral Wealth and Human Capital

2025 | Special Competitive Studies Project Newsletter
Kwame Odame-Darkwah and Alex Tsado

Africa stands at the confluence of two global megatrends: the digital transformation driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the escalating demand for the critical minerals…


Data Collection in Fragile States

2025 | Nature Food
Shahriar Kibriya and Naureen Fatema 

Monitoring food security in regions experiencing multiple crises remains challenging. Satellite imagery combined with artificial intelligence can now estimate food availability in the fragile state…


Understanding Conflict through Satellite Imagery

2025 | Lawfare Institute
David Mansfield

In recent years, high-resolution satellite imagery and geospatial analysis have become increasingly valuable tools in documenting the effects of conflict, including the widespread destruction of…