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Rising temperatures, rising tension: climate change and the risk of violent conflict in the Middle East
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2009Climate models are predicting a hotter, drier and less predictable climate in the Middle East, a region already considered the world's most water-scarce and where, in many places, demand for water already outstrips supply. This report addresses the links between climate change, peace and conflict.OrganisationInstitute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia (ISIS)
An autonomous and non-profit organisation, ISIS Malaysia is engaged in a wide range of activities focusing on objective and independent policy research and fostering dialogue and debate between the puDocumentWater and war
International Committee of the Red Cross, 2009This publication looks at key issues associated with water and sanitation in countries that are afflicted by armed conflict and where the ICRC works. The issues are identified as health, displacement, detention, urbanisation and natural disasters. The countries where ICRC is working include Iraq, Haiti, Somalia and Yemen.DocumentGlobal challenges for humanity
The Millennium Project, 2008The Millennium Projects' 15 Global Challenges for 2008 aim to provide a framework to assess the global and local prospects for humanity. Their description, with a range of views and actions to address each challenge, include regional views and progress assessments.DocumentState of the Future 2008: executive summary
The Millennium Project, 2008This is the summary of the Millennium Project's 'State of the Future 2008' paper.DocumentEmerging Systemic Risks in the 21st Century: An Agenda for Action
International Futures Programme, OECD, 2003This report is concerned with those risks that affect the systems on which society depends – health, transport, environment, telecommunications, etc. Five categories of such risks are addressed: naturalDocumentConflict resolution and negotiation skills for integrated water resources management
International Network for Capacity Building in Integrated Water Resources Management (Cap-Net) [UNDP], 2008Conflict is an unavoidable aspect of human social systems. Given the central importance of water resources to all human communities, it is natural that conflicts arise with regard to access, allocation, development and management of the resource. This training manual provides five modules which look at the following areas:DocumentNatural resource wealth, conflict, and peacebuilding
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009What connections exist between natural resource wealth and violent conflict? And what do such connections imply for policies to build peace in resource-rich areas? This synthesis paper takes stock of what social science research has to say about these questions. The author reviews the academic literature on resource wealth and conflict.DocumentFrom conflict to peacebuilding: the role of natural resources and the environment
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2009Conflicts associated with natural resources are twice as likely to relapse into conflict in the first five years, an imminent report suggests. Indeed the natural resource curse has been a primary determinant of intra-state conflict in terrible theatres of war such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Liberia. Yet it extends far beyond the battle to acquire precious commodities.