Three decades of research on climate change and peace: a bibliometrics analysis

Sharifi, Ayyoob; Simangan, Dahlia; Kaneko, Shinji

doi:10.1007/s11625-020-00853-3

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“…These findings support the potential advantages of using bibliometric analysis to uncover the intellectual structure and evolution of research themes. Overall, this approach has shown to be effective to analyze the evolution of fields such as climate change (Sharifi et al, 2020), sustainable tourism (Della Corte et al, 2019) and circular economy (Alnajem et al, 2020). One of the limitations of this analysis is that the use of KeyWords Plus excludes the publications indexed by Scopus, which does not provide this metadata.…”

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Mapping Global Research on Ocean Literacy: Implications for Science, Policy, and the Blue Economy

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In recent years, ocean literacy has become a global movement that connects the human dimension to the ocean and intends to be an incentive for positive change in people’s behavior. As multiple initiatives on ocean literacy have arisen, a comprehensive understanding of this topic is required to better engage the broader society. In the present study, we applied a combination of bibliometric analysis and science mapping to a dataset of scientific publications on ocean literacy between 2005 and 2019, obtained from Web of Science and Scopus databases. In order to represent the development of the field, analyze the level of collaborations and uncover its thematic areas, we first used bibliometric analyses to describe the field’s main features, including indicators of growth and research collaboration. We then used science mapping techniques to build collaboration networks among countries and institutions, and to identify research communities. Lastly, we performed co-word analysis to reveal the underlying thematic areas and their evolution. Our results reveal a slow-growing number of publications and a promising trend for collaboration among authors, countries and institutions. Education and science were identified as the two major thematic areas on ocean literacy showing that, over time, issues related to these themes have gained more attention among researchers. These findings confirm that ocean literacy is gaining more acknowledgment within the scientific community but still faces considerable limitations to its dissemination in sectors like the blue economy and in regions such as Latin America and Africa. Promoting cross-institutional and cross-disciplinary cooperation among research institutions, marine education networks and the industry is critical to support this purposeful movement and represents an urgent challenge.

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“…Where climate does impact violence, it is a contributor, while other factors are more likely causal (Theisen 2017;Mach et al 2019). Notably, this research on climate change has focused on negative peace (Koubi 2019;Sharifi et al 2020), following a trend in broader peace literature, which has largely focused on the presence or absence of violence and conflict between groups (Gleditsch et al 2014).…”

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Towards climate resilient peace: an intersectional and degrowth approach

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2021

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How can peace be climate resilient? How can peace and environmental sustainability be advanced simultaneously? To address these questions, I develop a new conceptual and theoretical framework for climate resilient peace through degrowth. This paper calls for stronger consideration of positive conceptualizations of peace and of intersectionality and degrowth in pursuit of peace and resilience. Not only does climate change make planetary limitations more salient, but it also highlights rising inequalities. In light of this, peace necessitates transforming societal power structures that are both driving climate change and influencing people’s experiences of climate impacts. Addressing imbalanced power structures then is key to understanding and fostering climate resilient peace. This paper conceptualizes climate resilient peace based on an intersectional understanding of positive peace, highlighting that peace depends on the negation of structural violence experienced at the intersection of political and social identities. In relation to this, I argue that a process of climate resilient peace must address underlying power structures influencing people’s experience of climate harms, and driving climate change so as to mitigate further damage. This paper demonstrates such a process through degrowth, wherein growth is no longer the central economic goal, exemplifying social and ecological means for disrupting structural violence within climate limitations. I discuss and give examples of three key degrowth processes—redistribution, reprioritized care economies, and global equity—as opportunities to foster peace in a changing climate. This framework, thus, contributes a new approach to climate resilient peace that addresses challenges of both social and environmental sustainability.

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“…Given such complex interactions, Amadei ( 2021 ) argues that both peace and sustainability (and their nexus) are dynamic phenomena that should be addressed using systemic approaches and dynamic models that can capture the complex, pluralistic, and multi-dimensional nature of the nexus. The need for taking holistic and systemic approaches to address the nexus has also been highlighted by Sharifi et al ( 2020 ) who have focused on the nexus between climate and conflict. Their review study demonstrates that there is a rich body of literature on the nexus, particularly with regard to the interactions between climate change and conflict.…”

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“…Existing measurements or approaches to studying peace imply this holistic conceptualization—from the quality of peace (IEP 2019 ), the voices that define peace (Mac Ginty and Firchow 2016 ), the degree of peace and its variations among societies (Davenport et al 2018 ), and specific characteristics of peace (Jarstad et al 2019 ). However, previous studies on peace and its relationship with sustainability challenges, such as climate change, focused mainly on direct forms of violence or armed conflicts (Sharifi et al 2020 ). Hence, sustainability and peacebuilding approaches would benefit from integrating more systematically a holistic conceptualization of peace.…”

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“…They show that countries with cooperation-enabling institutions have a better performance in terms of achieving integrated sustainability indicators. However, as Sharifi et al ( 2020 ) argue there has been more emphasis on the negative impacts (e.g., climate-induced civil and interstate conflicts) and security risks in the literature and further attention to positive impacts and interactions between peace and sustainability is needed. As an example of the positive impacts, Nicoson ( 2021 ) argue that transforming societal power structures and reducing inequalities are essential for facilitating climate-resilient peace and addressing social and environmental sustainability challenges.…”

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The sustainability–peace nexus: why is it important?

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Sustainability and peace have long been recognized within academic and policy circles as intrinsically interrelated. Although there are some studies that examine impacts of sustainability on peace and vice versa, a specific focus on the sustainability–peace nexus remains marginal in academic and policy discourses, and pathways where sustainability and peace interact remain ambiguous. As a result, global initiatives on peace and sustainability remain fragmented. It is, therefore, crucial to identify the different components that mutually reinforce the desirable outcomes from sustainability and peace initiatives. This special feature of Sustainability Science aims to contribute to a better understanding of these components by highlighting the emerging discourses on the peace–sustainability nexus and the issues surrounding it. It includes articles that provide insights to better address issues at the nexus of peace and sustainability. Key takeaways for scientists and policy makers are that systemic approaches are needed to capture the multiple dynamic interactions between peace and sustainability; addressing issues at the intersection of peace and sustainability requires interactions between a wide range of stakeholders within and across various local, regional, national, and global scales; and international scientific collaboration is essential for comprehensive understanding of the interactions between peace and sustainability. We hope that this special feature will contribute to a better understanding of the complexities of the peace–sustainability nexus and provide insights into developing more effective solutions and strategies for making progress towards creating more peaceful and sustainable communities in the future.

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Three decades of research on climate change and peace: a bibliometrics analysis

Cited by 87 publications

References 77 publications

Mapping Global Research on Ocean Literacy: Implications for Science, Policy, and the Blue Economy

Mapping Global Research on Ocean Literacy: Implications for Science, Policy, and the Blue Economy

Towards climate resilient peace: an intersectional and degrowth approach

The sustainability–peace nexus: why is it important?

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