Contention, cooperation, and context: A systematic review of research on disasters and political conflicts

Canavan, Chloe; Ide, Tobias

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104558

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104558

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Contention, cooperation, and context: A systematic review of research on disasters and political conflicts

Chloe Canavan,

Tobias Ide

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The Peace Imperative for the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

Peters

2024

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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Disasters disproportionately affect conflict-affected regions, where approximately two billion people reside, posing significant challenges for disaster risk reduction (DRR). This reality has increasingly spurred calls for violent conflict to be included in the global DRR agenda. However, consideration of peace has been lacking, despite that challenges for peace can distinctly impact capacities to set, pursue, and achieve DRR objectives. This study investigated how the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR) engages with peace through a document analysis, revealing three key findings. First, the SFDRR does not mention “peace,” mirroring its lack of reference to conflict. Second, while peace-related terms appear throughout the SFDRR in themes related to partnership and all-of-society approaches, this engagement is superficial. Third, the SFDRR’s approach is fundamentally problematic for advancing peace due to its avoidance of the complex social and political dynamics inherent to disaster risk and its reduction. The SFDRR united United Nations Member States in its ambition to “leave no one behind,” but has taken approaches that smooth over diversity rather than strengthen pluralistic connections. A radical, integrated DRR-peacebuilding agenda must take conflict as the new starting point and carve new pathways toward peace including through disaster diplomacy and environmental peacebuilding. By embracing the ambiguity between war and peace and addressing the root causes of risk, societies can cultivate peaceful interactions and collectively advance safety. This study concludes with recommendations for a global DRR policy that not only implicitly relies on peace but actively contributes to peacebuilding in the world’s diverse and divided societies.

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The Peace Imperative for the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

Peters

2024

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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The impacts of climate change on violent conflict risk: a review of causal pathways

Xie,

Hao,

Ding

et al. 2024

Environ. Res. Commun.

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The potential impacts of climate change on violent conflict are high on the agenda of scholars and policy makers. This article reviews existing literature to clarify the relationship between climate change and conflict risk, focusing on the roles of temperature and precipitation. While some debate remains, substantial evidence shows that climate change increases conflict risk under specific conditions. We examine four key pathways through which climate affects conflict: (i) economic shocks, (ii), agricultural decline, (iii) natural resources competition, and (iv) migration. Key gaps include limited long-term data, insufficient integrated studies, and the inadequate understanding of causal mechanisms, necessitating transdisciplinary research that addresses social vulnerability and underlying pathways

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Contention, cooperation, and context: A systematic review of research on disasters and political conflicts

Cited by 2 publications

References 76 publications

The Peace Imperative for the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

The Peace Imperative for the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

The impacts of climate change on violent conflict risk: a review of causal pathways

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