These videos are from the SDG Academy course Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace, first launched in 2018 and taught by experts from the UN Environmental Programme, Environmental Law Institute, and more.
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From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
155 playsThis chapter explores challenges for peace and security efforts posed by both natural climate fluctuations and climate change in the long run. It considers ways that… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
137 playsThis chapter provides the conceptual framework of the various ways that natural resources, environment, conflict, and peace are connected across the conflict lifecycle.… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
128 playsThis chapter examines the evolution of understanding on the linkages between environment, conflict, and peace from World War II through to the present. It highlights… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
140 playsWhile acknowledging that there were a variety of factors that led to the outbreak and conduct of Cote d’Ivoire’s two civil wars, this chapter specifically… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
104 playsThis case study delves into the environmental dimensions of the causes, conduct, peacemaking, and post-conflict peacebuilding of Colombia’s civil war. There are… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
75 playsThis case study focuses on international cooperation between Israel and Jordan around shared water in the Jordan River. It demonstrates the importance of water resources… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
63 playsConflicts impact livelihoods in diverse ways, which can manifest in coping, survival, maladaptation, and the degradation of natural resources. Understanding the base for… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
43 playsWhat are the roles of natural resources and other environmental factors in driving or escalating violent conflict? This chapter profiles resource scarcity, environmental… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
63 playsThis chapter examines the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and other efforts promoting transparency and public access to information as means of preventing… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
60 playsThis case study examines how diamonds and timber were exploited to fund military activity and sustain conflict during Liberia’s two civil wars. The case of Liberia… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
50 playsRecognizing that bad governance and a lack of social resilience are often contributing causes of violent conflict, this chapter provides an overview to key elements of… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
57 playsThis chapter introduces the indispensable roles that renewable and nonrenewable resources could play in the post-conflict recovery phase, including how to make recovery… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
46 playsIn this case study, learn how land – along with challenges such as ethnic and religious divisions and weak governance – shaped the civil war in Sierra Leone.… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
26 playsThis chapter examines concrete measures countries and international organizations can take to implement their international legal obligations to protect the environment… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
26 playsWhat is the role of the UN Security Council in addressing resource-driven conflicts, as well as the environmental dimensions of other conflicts? This chapter provides an… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
46 playsThis chapter introduces two frameworks that were developed to understand the process, pathways, and dynamics of natural resource conflicts and the specific role of…