Livelihoods, Empowerment, & Governance
Climate change brings a series of challenges, including population displacement which can cause loss of livelihoods. It becomes important that people are empowered economically to make decisions and learn new skillsets that can help people adapt to new sources of livelihoods.
There are 63 resources related to Livelihoods, Empowerment, & Governance.
A River of Death: How Oil Pollution is Impacting Health and Livelihoods in Conflict-Affected North East Syria
2020
|
PAX
Wim Zwijnenburg and Yifang Shi
A River of Death shows how persistent pollution from a degrading oil facility has led to tens-of-thousands of barrels of oil flowing into canals and…
Exploring Community Resilience and Early Warning Solution for Flash Floods, Debris Flow and Landslides in Conflict Prone Villages of Badakhshan, Afghanistan
2019
|
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Ashutosh Mohanty, Mujahid Hussain, M. Mishra, D.B. Kattel, and Indrajit Pal
There is a visible paradigm shift in disaster research from hazard and vulnerability assessment to developing framework for community resilience. Further, there is growing recognization…
Armed Conflict and Child Mortality in Africa: A Geospatial Analysis
2018
|
The Lancet
Zachary Wagner, Sam Heft-Neal, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Robert E. Black, Marshall Burke, and Eran Bendavid
A substantial portion of child deaths in Africa take place in countries with recent history of armed conflict and political instability. However, the extent to…
The Effects of Migration on Livelihoods, Land Management, and Vulnerability to Natural Disasters in the Harpan Watershed in Western Nepal
2016
|
Mountain Research and Development
Stéphanie Jaquet, Gitta Shrestha, Thomas Kohler, and Gudrun Schwilch
Migration is increasing in the middle hills of Nepal, and it has diverse consequences for the people remaining behind, their livelihoods, and the way they…
Towards a Multi-scale Approach for an Earth Observation-Based Assessment of Natural Resource Exploitation in Conflict Regions
2016
|
Geocarto International Journal
Elisabeth Schoepfer, Kristin Spröhnle, Olaf Kranz, Xavier Blaes, Jan Kolomaznik, Filip Hilgert, Tomas Bartalos, and Thomas Kemper
The exploitation of resources, if not properly managed, can lead to spoiling natural habitats as well as to threatening people’s health, livelihoods and security. The…
Does Artisanal Mining Increase the Risk of Sexual Violence? Micro-Level Evidence from Eastern Congo
2016
|
Quality in Primary Care
Siri Aas Rustad, Gudrun Østby, and Ragnhild Nordås Quality in Primary Care 1-Jan-16
DR Congo’s natural resource abundance has featured in policy debates and amongst advocacy groups as the prime example of ‘conflict minerals’ driving conflict-related sexual violence.…
Can Community-Based Land Adjudication and Registration Improve Household Land Tenure Security? Evidence from Afghanistan
2016
|
Land Use Policy
Ilia Murtazashvili and Jennifer Murtazashvili
Unlike in many developing contexts, land title regularization and registration projects in Afghanistan have for the most part eschewed judicial adjudication and recording of title…
Use of Upgraded Evidence in Cadaster Approaches for Syrian Refugee Return
2015
|
McGill University
Jon D. Unruh
The enormity of the Syrian refugee crisis in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, together with the difficulties of their livelihoods and the burden placed on host…
Blockchain for Environmental Peacebuilding: Application in Water Management
2023
|
Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance
Fariz Huseynov and Jeanene Mitchell
The purpose of this paper is to spur further exploration of blockchain technologies for environmental peacebuilding, specifically through water management. Although the environmental peacebuilding field…
Climate Security: The Role of Data and Disruptive Technologies for Climate Security
2020
|
CGIAR
Alexandra Krendelsberger and Nam Nguyen
A systemic analysis of the role that climate, natural resource and food systems play in conflict and peace is key to design and implement interventions…
Water and Violence: Cyber Attacks and Cyber Warfare
2019
|
Blue Peace Bulletin
The Global High Level Panel on Water and Peace called for protection of water resources and infrastructure from violent conflicts and terrorist acts. In this…
Backdraft #9: Joshua Busby on Mapping Hotspots of Climate and Security Vulnerability [Podcast]
2017
|
New Security Beat
Gretchen Johnson
Maps help us to grasp complex ideas, such as patterns of risk and vulnerability, but the stories they tell can have significant implications. “It’s very…
Environmental Justice Atlas [Interactive Map]
EJOLT
The EJ Atlas is a teaching, networking and advocacy resource. Strategists, activist organizers, scholars, and teachers will find many uses for the database, as well…
Early Warning Early Action in East Africa: Mechanisms for Rapid Decision Making
2014
|
International Committee of the Red Cross, World Food Programme, Oxfam, Food and Agriculture Organization, Save the Children
International Committee of the Red Cross, World Food Programme, Oxfam, Food and Agriculture Organization, Save the Children
The crisis in the Horn of Africa and the declaration of famine conditions in parts of Somalia in 2011 provided renewed impetus to break, once…
Knowledge Gaps in the Nexus of Climate, Peace and Security
2023
|
Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping & Peacebuilding
Thor Olav Iversen and Fareeda Khalifa
There is a growing body of research on the relationship between climate change and peace and security. Research shows that the effects of climate change…
Climate Change and Fragility: Improving Early Warning and Climate-Proofing Development and Conflict Interventions (chapter in "Handbook of Fragile States")
2023
|
Elgar Handbooks in Political Science
Erin Sikorsky, Francesco Femia, and Brigitte Hugh
Climate change knows no political boundaries, yet political boundaries shape much of the response (or lack of response) to that change. In recent years, rapid…
Projecting Long-Term Armed Conflict Risk: An Underappreciated Field of Inquiry?
2022
|
Global Environmental Change
Sophie P. de Bruin, Jannis M. Hoch, Nina von Uexkull, Halvard Buhaug, Jolle Demmers, Hans Visser, and Niko Wanders
Little research has been done on projecting long-term conflict risks. Such projections are currently neither included in the development of socioeconomic scenarios or climate change…
Conference Report for the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding
2019
|
Environmental Peacebuilding Association
From October 23-25, 2019, more than 250 scholars, practitioners, decisionmakers, and students from 40 countries came together for the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding.…
Solar-Powered Irrigation in Yemen: Opportunities, Challenges, and Policies
2021
|
Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies
Musaed M. Aklan and Helen Lackner
Yemen is one of the most water-scarce countries in the world, with renewable water resources currently capable of providing only 75 m3 per capita per…
Satellite Analysis of the Environmental Impacts of Armed-Conflict in Rakhine, Myanmar
2021
|
Science of The Total Environment
Thiri Aung
The impacts of armed conflict on the environment are extremely complex and difficult to investigate, given the impossibility of accessing the affected area and reliable…
Advancing Gender in the Environment: Influencing Action and Investment for Equality and Sustainability
2021
|
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Jamie Wen and Cate Owren
During FY20 (October 1, 2019 - September 30, 2020), the USAID Hub for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in the Bureau for Development, Democracy, and…
Climate Change in the Arctic - The Need for a Broader Gender Perspective in Data Collection
2021
|
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Arja Rautio, Natalia Kukarenko, Lena Maria Nilsson, and Birgitta Evengard
Climate change in the Arctic affects both environmental, animal, and human health, as well as human wellbeing and societal development. Women and men, and girls…
Examining Gender Inequality and Armed Conflict at the Subnational Level
2020
|
Journal of Global Security Studies
Erika Forsberg and Louise Olsson
A growing body of quantitative research points to a robust relationship between gender inequality and armed conflict. In order to progress our understanding of this…
Armed Conflict, Militarization and Ecological Footprint: Empirical Evidence from South Asia
2021
|
Journal of Cleaner Production
Unbreen Qayyum, Sohail Anjum, and Samina Sabirc
Environmental degradation as a consequence of military activities largely remains a neglected subject, especially in South Asia. To fill this gap, we have investigated the…
Vulnerabilities and Inequalities Experienced by Women in the Climate Change Discourse in South Africa’s Rural Communities: Implications for Social Work
2020
|
The British Journal of Social Work
Louis Nyahunda, Jabulani Calvin Makhubele, Vincent Mabvurira, and Frans Koketso Matlakala
Women’s vulnerability to climate-induced shocks hinges on a high dependence on climate-sensitive livelihoods and a natural resource base aggravated by the acute inequalities that they…
Eyes in the Sky (Chapter in "Talking Tactics: Environmental Protection and Armed Conflicts")
2020
|
environmental SCIENTIST
Eoghan Darbyshire
Regions of active conflict are typically data poor, access for environmental measurements is limited and many contemporary conflicts show no sign of conclusion. Earth observation…
Closing the Environmental Monitoring Gap in Conflicts (Chapter in "Talking Tactics: Environmental Protection and Armed Conflicts")
2020
|
environmental SCIENTIST
Doug Weir
Armed conflicts can create acute environmental risks and lead to degradation that impacts ecosystems, human health and livelihoods. However, poor security conditions in conflict-impacted areas…
Illuminating Dark Fishing Fleets in North Korea
2020
|
Science Advances
Jaeyoon Park, Jungsam Lee, Katherine Seto, Timothy Hochberg, Brian Wong, Nathan Miller, Kenji Takasaki, Hiroshi Kubota, Yoshioki Oozeki, Sejal Doshi, Maya Midzik, Quentin Hanich, Brian Sullivan, Paul Woods, and David A. Kroodsma
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing threatens resource sustainability and equity. A major challenge with such activity is that most fishing vessels do not broadcast their…
Soils of the Southern Syria – A Big Database for the Future Land Management Planning
2020
|
Data in Brief
Safwan Mohammed, Hassan Habib, Haidar Ali, Sami AlHennaw, Samer Kiwan, Samar Ghanem, Karam Alsafadi, Eric C. Brevik, Magboul M. Suleiman, and Endre Harsányi
As non-renewable natural resources, restoring Syrian soil quality is a vital issue for sustainable future planning after conflict ends. The data provided in this research…
The Compounding Impacts of Climate Change and Environmental Degradation on the Insecurity of Indigenous Women in West Papua
2020
Szilvia Csevar
Located on the western half of the island of New Guinea, West Papua* is a militarized territory, site to a long-term conflict between Indonesia and…