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September 2020

Ending Conflicts Over Water

World Resources Institute (WRI)
The framework presented in this report provides decision-makers with options for tailoring solution sets to unique water challenges. It is intended for global development, diplomacy, defense, and disaster response experts as well as for national- and river basin-level decision-makers charged with addressing natural resource–based conflict, migration, and other forms of insecurity.
February 2019

Supporting Green Growth in Fragile and Conflict-affected Settings

Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED), Technopolis Group
This scoping paper explores how inclusive and green growth can be supported in fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS), and if there are certain approaches and instruments to support green growth, which are more or less adapted for such settings. It includes case studies on waste management in Sierra Leone, the the “Post Conflict Window” of the African Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF), and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH /German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) & IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative: Regional Landscape Approach in Côte d’Ivoire.
July 2015

Understanding Relationships Between the Green Economy, Resource Financialization and Conflict

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

A key aspect of the United Nations’ sustainable development approach centres on creating markets for financialized ‘natural capital’ products, particularly in resource-rich, lower-income countries.

20 February 2017

Climate Change, Natural Resources and Conflicts in Arab Countries

Najib Saab
Was the chaos in the Arab region instigated by the early impacts of climate change and the fight on dwindling life-support resources, or just aggravated by these factors? A proper analysis demands a comprehensive overview of the background.
September 1996

Accounting for National Resources in Ecuador: Contrasting Methodologies, Conflicting Results

World Bank Group
This case study, Accounting for National Resources in Ecuador: Contrasting Methodologies, Conflicting Results, published by the World Bank, examines natural capital depletion in Ecuador from 1971 to 1990, corresponding with an oil boom in the 1970s followed by economic stagnation in the 1980s. Two natural resource accounting (NRA) methodologies are utilized to measure the economic value of natural capital depletion in the petroleum sector: the Depreciation Method and the User Cost Method.
February 2020

Leveraging Water Data in a Machine Learning–Based Model for Forecasting Violent Conflict

World Resources Institute (WRI)
This technical note presents a methodology to forecast conflict (defined as organised violence resulting in at least 10 fatalities over a 12-month period) up to a year in advance using a random forest model.
April 2017

Conflict Pollution and the Toxic Remnants of War: A Global Problem that Receives Too Little Attention

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)

Severe pollution incidents have provided some of the most visually arresting images of recent armed conflicts.

November 2017

Lessons from Four Decades of Infrastructure Project Related Conflicts in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Harvard University, GGKP Annual Conference, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
The paper Lessons from Four Decades of Infrastructure Project Related Conflicts in Latin America and the Caribbean examines infrastructure project related conflicts and their consequences in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
18 June 2020
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Solar Powered Water Source Helps Reduce Human Wildlife Conflict and Provides Additional Community Benefits

With support and funding from the Isdell Foundation and WWF, a new solar powered borehole was installed in Kapau to expand their options for drinking water.
22 November 2017
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UN Environment Launches Online Course: Environmental Security And Sustaining Peace

Despite the risks that war and armed conflict pose for the environment and the role that natural resources may play in fueling or amplifying armed conflicts, there are also significant opportunities linking the environment and peacebuilding. UN Environment and partners are pleased to announce a new massive open online course on environmental security and sustaining peace.

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