Environment, conflict and co-operation

A new website combines these issues to form an interconnected information plattform

27.10.2005 |Ulrike Röhr

Do global environmental change and the exploitation of natural resources lead to violent conflict? Why do changes in our natural environment threaten human security and how can we adapt? How can sustainable development and environmental cooperation contribute to stability and reduce vulnerability? What is the relation between climate policies and conflict prevention?

Answers to these questions can be found at a new website on environment, conflict, and cooperation that has just been launched: www.ecc-platform.org. The platform and clearing house aims to foster exchange and networks on this topic among stakeholders from the environment, development, economic, foreign, and security communities worldwide, by providing information on initiatives, best practices, literature, experts, and institutions, and events of importance to the topic. The newsletter "Environment, Conflict, and Cooperation" will appear every two months starting in October 2005 and publish a selection of news from the clearing house (subscribe here). The first edition of the newsletter is now available here.

For the future, we plan to gradually expand the platform by adding regional portals, which will be created locally together with other partner organizations. Our objective is to strengthen networking among relevant stakeholders across the globe.