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Are climate and environment- and peace and security-related policy outputs coherent? A policy coherence and awareness analysis for climate security

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Title Are climate and environment- and peace and security-related policy outputs coherent? A policy coherence and awareness analysis for climate security
 
Creator Schapendonk, Frans
Sarzana, Carolina
Savelli, Adam
Madurga Lopez, Ignacio
Pacillo, Grazia
Läderach, Peter
 
Subject climate change
climate change adaptation
peacebuilding
policies
policy coherence
climate security
analysis
 
Description The increasingly interconnected nature of our world means that failing to achieve coherence between climate- and peace and security-related policy domains forms a significant climate-related security risk. Poorly designed climate policies that are insensitive to pre-existing insecurities and conflict dynamics may undermine political stability, amplify social inequalities and grievances, and accelerate a loss of biodiversity and climate change-related impacts. Peace and security policies that do not account for climate risks may conversely promote ineffective and unresponsive interventions and risk locking communities into vicious cycles of insecurity and climate vulnerability. This work contributes to the climate security proofing of policy outputs by developing a methodological framework that assesses the degree to which policy outputs and strategy documents display awareness of climate-related security risks and climate peace opportunities. This framework is used to assess policies and strategies from across eight African countries. We find that despite some limited recognition of often place-specific climate-related security risks, a clear and shared conceptual understanding of the climate, peace and security nexus is generally lacking; climate and environment-related policies are generally more aware of climate security and have greater cross-sectoral engagement than peace and security-related policies; and that opportunities exist for the integration of climate security-related considerations into existing strategic priorities, instruments and programmatic activities.
 
Date 2023-08-02
2023-10-24T14:34:34Z
2023-10-24T14:34:34Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Schapendonk, F.; Sarzana, C.; Savelli, A.; Madurga Lopez, I.; Pacillo, G.; Läderach, P. (2023) Are climate and environment- and peace and security-related policy outputs coherent? A policy coherence and awareness analysis for climate security. International Development Planning Review 45(4) p. 437-467. ISSN: 1474-6743
1474-6743
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132405
https://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2023.9
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 437-467
application/pdf
 
Publisher Liverpool University Press
 
Source International Development Planning Review