Advancing Environmental Peacebuilding

Pathways for Progress
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-981-9240-27-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 161 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 289 g

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Political Science

This book offers a concise, interdisciplinary introduction to environmental peacebuilding—an emerging field at the nexus of climate change, conflict transformation, and natural resource governance. Tracing the field's evolution from its historical foundations, it not only surveys existing frameworks but also foregrounds the need for integrated, context-sensitive evaluation tools, clarifying how environmental peacebuilding can be assessed in ways that better capture its socio-ecological and conflict-sensitive dynamics. By placing evaluation at the center of the field's conceptual development, the brief addresses a major gap in existing scholarship. Drawing on perspectives from the development and sustainability disciplines, the environmental sciences, the political and policy fields, and the social sciences, as well as from liberal studies that bridge these domains, the brief provides a rich, integrative foundation. Across nine tightly crafted chapters, it explains how environmental cooperation—through shared resource management, inclusive governance, and ecological resilience—can open pathways to conflict prevention, support peace processes, and strengthen long-term stability. It also equips readers with practical, context-specific tools for designing and evaluating interventions. For policymakers, practitioners, and scholars, this volume offers a timely and accessible guide to advancing peace in a warming, resource-constrained world.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Serrat, Olivier

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Meteorologie, Klimatologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.    Roots of Reconciliation: The Historical Origins of Environmental Peacebuilding.- 2.    Disciplinary Perspectives on Environmental Peacebuilding: Insights from Environmental Science and International Relations.- 3.    Bridging the Gap: Synergizing Anthropology, Economics, History, and Sociology for Environmental Peacebuilding.- 4.    Accounting for Complexity: Liberal Studies and Environmental Peacebuilding.- 5.    Milestones of Scholarship: From Idea to Contribution in Environmental Peacebuilding.- 6.    Assessing Environmental Peacebuilding: Principles, Criteria, and Pathways for Proactive Interventions.- 7.    Extending OECD–DAC: Designing Context-Sensitive Evaluation Frameworks for Environmental Peacebuilding.- 8.    The Tonle Sap Initiative as Proto-Environmental Peacebuilding.- 9.    Environmental Peacebuilding: Futures Made Together.

Über Autor(innen)

Olivier Serrat is an environmental peacebuilding researcher at Georgetown University whose work examines how environmental challenges, organizational leadership, and systems thinking shape pathways to sustainable development. He is the author of (2025) and several other books on development, leadership, and performance, including (2023), (2023), (2021), (2017), and (2010). He has also conceptualized and edited volumes for the Asian Development Bank. His writing extends into the humanities as well, with recent titles such as (2025), (2023), and (2022). From 2008 to 2012, he led knowledge management at the Asian Development Bank, following earlier roles in policy, strategy, programs, and project operations. He holds degrees from the University of Kent, the University of London, and The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.