Moving beyond greening the economy
Moving beyond greening the economy is the title and motto of an online workshop that FriEnt together with Sierra Leone Network on the Right to Food (SiLNoRF), Swedwatch and Quakers United Nations Office (QUNO) is organizing during the Geneva Peace Week 2022. It is scheduled on 1st of November 2022 at 3pm CET (online registration is […]
Frieden und Klimagerechtigkeit
Die Verbindung zwischen nachhaltigem Frieden und Klimagerechtigkeit ist für die Gestaltung einer sozial-ökologischen Transformation unerlässlich. Wie kann zivile Konfliktbearbeitung dazu beitragen, diesen Prozess nachhaltig zu gestalten? Die neue Publikation von Daniela Pastoors, Lukas Drees, Thomas Fickel und Jürgen Scheffran widmet sich diesem wichtigen Zusammenhang. Der Klimawandel wird aktuelle Konflikte verschärfen. Das sagt der aktuelle Wissensstand […]
Klima-Quiz erschienen
Wie viele der 15 Staaten, die weltweit am stärksten vom Klimawandel betroffen sind, waren in den vergangenen zehn Jahren auch von Gewaltkonflikten und Instabilität geprägt? Im Klima-Quiz des Zivilen Friedensdienstes können Interessierte jetzt ihr Wissen rund um die Zusammenhänge zwischen Klima, Frieden und Konflikt auf die Probe stellen. Beim Klimaquiz des ZFD stehen acht knifflige […]
It’s time to go together
The future of climate change response and sustainable development must integrate peace and conflict sensitivity responses and the future of peacebuilding and peacemaking must integrate climate change and natural resources. Our siloed approach simply will not work to address the growing intensity of the challenges we face. It’s a compound problem: areas with dwindling natural resources, […]
Economic transformation needs a conflict-sensitive approach
A system-wide transformation demands thinking and acting beyond sectoral boundaries to address the main drivers of unsustainable practices. At the same time it requires a context-specific unterstanding of current and potential issues, social tensions, gender dynamics and social, political and economic grievances – in short a conflict sensitive approach. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the […]
The importance of including environmental analysis
How does climate change affect the conflict in Yemen? Watch the recording of the online panel discussion on the environmental dimensions to conflict and peacebuilding in Yemen where experts spoke on the importance of including environmental analysis within peacebuilding efforts. The event was conducted in both English and Arabic with simultaneous translation. The conflict in […]
Yemen and its environment
Join the online panel discussion on 2 March on the environmental dimensions to conflict and peacebuilding in Yemen. The conflict in Yemen is playing out in one of the world’s most water-scarce countries, where natural disasters, such as cyclones and flooding, are becoming more frequent and more destructive for both Yemenis and their environment. In […]
The challenges of environmental peacebuilding
Environmental peacebuilding is cruicial for all actors, including business and governments. An approach that combines a conflict-sensitivity and a rights-based approach is key to adequately understanding and addressing the challenges of environmental peacebuilding. The case study of the “Addax Bioethanol SL” project in Sierra Leone illustrates how a well-intentioned project subsequently failed on its own terms — […]
Klima und Frieden zusammendenken
Seit Juni letzten Jahres betreibt das Konsortium Ziviler Friedensdienst den Themen-Hub „Frieden verbessert das Klima“. Er verdeutlicht die Relevanz Ziviler Konfliktbearbeitung in der Klimakrise – mit Beispielen aus der Praxis, mit Fachbeiträgen und einer umfangreichen Linkliste zur thematischen Vertiefung. Neu im Hub sind zwei Beiträge aus den Philippinen und die letzte Folge der Klima-Edition des […]