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No peace at COP30? Why that’s a risk the world can’t afford
Read why peace, good governance and climate adaptation should not be separate agendas at COP30.
- blog post 12 Nov 2025
- Author(s) Nazanine Moshiri
Water, land and power: Environmental conflict drivers in Abyan, Yemen
The Abyan governorate in southern Yemen faces growing environmental pressures that have become key drivers of local conflict. Water scarcity, land degradation and extreme weather events are intensifying social tensions in a region already affected by war and weak governance. This study examines how environmental stressors contribute to disputes and connect to displacement, livelihood loss and declining social cohesion. It also highlights the roles of tribal customs, religious authorities, local governance and community initiatives in mediating resource-related conflicts and identifies opportunities for local stakeholders and international donors to strengthen environmental management and support conflict-mediation efforts in Abyan.
- Year 2025
- Author(s) Summer Nasser
المياه والأرض والسلطة: المحــــــركـــات البيئية للــــصراع في أبين، اليمن
تواجه محافظة أبين في جنوب اليمن ضغوطًا بيئية متزايدة أصبحت من المحرّكات الأساسية للصراع المحلي. فندرة المياه وتدهور الأراضي والظواهر المناخية المتطرفة تؤدي إلى تفاقم التوترات الاجتماعية في منطقة متأثرة أصلًا بالحرب وضعف الحوكمة. وتبحث هذه الدراسة في كيفية مساهمة الضغوط البيئية في تأجيج النزاعات وارتباطها بالنزوح وفقدان سبل العيش وتراجع التماسك الاجتماعي. كما تبرز الدراسة أدوار الأعراف القبلية والسلطات الدينية والحكم المحلي والمبادرات المجتمعية في التوسط في النزاعات المرتبطة بالموارد، وتحدّد فرصًا لأصحاب المصلحة المحليين والجهات المانحة الدولية لتعزيز إدارة البيئة ودعم جهود الوساطة في النزاعات في أبين.
- Year 2025
- Author(s) Summer Nasser
Bridging divides and tackling water scarcityCommunity dialogue as a climate action in Iraq
From dispute to shared responsibility, community dialogues are helping Iraqi villages manage water scarcity and build trust for a more resilient future.
- Impact
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The Berghof Approach
Conflict is inevitable, but violence is not. With support, people can transform violent conflicts into sustainable peace.
Peacebuilding at a Crossroads? Dilemmas and Paths for Another GenerationHandbook Dialogue Series No. 7 - complete
In this Dialogue, practitioners and researchers reflect on the conditions of success or failure in peacebuilding and conflict transformation. The lead article expresses a lingering worry that complex economic and environmental crises, international factors of violence and war, and an underlying 'murkiness' of values may overwhelm the best efforts for social change and create a feeling that we are “just wasting our time”. The comments emphasize that values and approaches - as well as the international context, power politics and injustice - should be the objects of critical analysis. Investment in learning, honest self-reflection and critical peace research appear to be a must for effective practice. Others stress a need for more effective public mobilization for the effective prevention of violence. Many additional questions are raised and present food for thought for an ongoing debate.
- Year 2009
SIPRI Yearbook 2016Armaments, Disarmaments and Internatinal Security (Kurzfassung Deutsch)
Das SIPRI Yearbook 2016 stellt Originaldaten aus den Bereichen globale Militärausgaben, internationale Rüstungstransfers, Rüstungsproduktion, Atomstreitkräfte, bewaffnete Konflikte und multilaterale Friedenseinsätze zusammen und liefert neueste Analysen zu wichtigen Aspekten der Rüstungskontrolle, des Friedens und der internationalen Sicherheit. Das SIPRI-Jahrbuch ist erstmals 1969 erschienen. Es wird gemeinsam von Forschern von SIPRI und eingeladenen, externen Fachleuten verfasst. Diese Broschüre fasst die Inhalte des SIPRI Yearbook 2016 zusammen und enthält eine Auswahl an Daten und Informationen daraus.
- Year 2016
- Author(s) Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Berghof Foundation
Berghof Foundation Annual Report 2019
In this review of 2019, we want to present a concise picture of our work, using one example from each region to highlight the wide variety of approaches we take to try to transform conflict.
- Year 2020