This report presents the results of a small-scale research project carried out by Public Agenda, a Yerevan-based non-governmental organisation, in July-November 2021. It is part of an initiative to capture and understand bottom-up, community-based perceptions of the causes and consequences of the 2020 Karabakh war, as well as perspectives on dialogue and peacebuilding.
Despite a growing bank of evidence of the interplay between the climate crisis and conflicts, and the need to consider this intersection in climate responses, still little is actually being done. Conciliation Resources joined a network of organisations in Stockholm in May and June 2022 to make the case for peacebuilding and conflict sensitivity in climate change policy.
Implementing peace deals is essential for sustaining peace and preventing recurrence of violence. But experience shows that implementation often gets stuck or breaks down. This edition of Accord Spotlight offers some practical alternatives to avoid blockages – from ‘decentralised implementation’ to multiple monitoring mechanisms.
The complex connections between the climate crisis and conflict were explored during a recent event organised by Conciliation Resources, hosted by law firm Linklaters LLP. The lively discussion focused on the human costs of conflicts fuelled by the climate crisis, and the positive ways that those who are affected are working to respond to them.
In late June, Conciliation Resources, Transcend Oceania, and community representatives held an event in Suva, Fiji to talk to government, civil society, and international organisations on the importance of enabling communities to lead in managing their own responses to climate change. During the event, community leaders presented key recommendations for addressing the impacts of climate change in their communities, ways to manage those changes and prevent identified conflict risks.
For many South Pacific nations climate change is a reality. Rising sea levels, agricultural land increasingly contaminated by salination, and an increase in extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones, floods and droughts are creating extra pressure on communities already under strain. Existing conflicts among communities are being exacerbated. Even some of the solutions to mitigate the effects of a changing climate are making matters worse.
Sabila joined Conciliation Resources in June 2022 as the Operations Assistant, then as the Programme Support Assistant in June 2023 within the Southeast Asia & the Pacific team based in Melbourne (Naarm), Australia.
Nigeria is in the midst of a deep security crisis, with armed conflicts and violent crime now a problem in most parts of the country. In rural Nigeria, blame for the violence has focused on cross-border cattle herders – pastoralists whose mobile way of life is suspected of triggering conflict in different parts of the country, from north to south.
