UN Environment: Natural Resources and Conflict – A Guide for Mediation Practitioners
Guideline
This guide collects and summarizes good practices on the successful mediation of resource conflicts. It draws on the field experiences of mediators and mediation experts, specifically those with natural resource expertise. Read More
Additional Resource
Regional & Country Risk Profiles and GHG Emissions Fact Sheets
Case Study
Climate risk profiles summarize key climate stressors and risks most relevant to a mission's objectives. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fact sheets provide information that may be useful in identifying climate change mitigation opportunities. Read More
Additional Resource
USAID: Climate Risk Management
Tool
Resouces and guidance on USAID's Climate Risk Management (CRM) approach Read More
Key Resource
OCHA: Understanding the Climate-Conflict Nexus from a Humanitarian Perspective
Policy Document
This occasional policy paper aims to improve the humanitarian sector’s understanding of the nexus between climate change and violent conflict. Read More
Key Resource
OCHA: Climate Change and Humanitarian Action: Emerging Trends and Challenges
Policy Document
OCHA Occasional Policy Brief on climate change and humanitarian action Read More
Additional Resource
Community-based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods (CRiSTAL)
Tool
CRiSTAL is a project-planning tool that helps users design activities that support climate adaptation at the community level. Read More
Key Resource
EHA Connect – Integrating Environment in Humanitarian Action
Tool
The Environment and Humanitarian Action (EHA) Connect is a tool bringing the humanitarian and environmental communities together to support environmentally sustainable disaster management. Read More
Additional Resource
ScienceDirect – Role of Women in Disaster Risk Governance
Report / Study
This study explores the role women play in disaster risk governance and identifies a variety of social, cultural and legal factors which may limit these roles. Read More
Key Resource
PAX for Peace – Living Under a Black Sky
Case Study
Living under a black sky۪ reveals how the conflict in Iraq has left a toxic trail of destruction which could have severe health consequences for communities and reconstruction efforts. Read More
Key Resource
Environment and Humanitarian Action in the Age of Global Reform Agendas – Background document
Communication Material
Background documentation from the Environment and Humanitarian Action Network to the Nexus Dialogue. It outlines major humanitarian trends that will shape the future integration of environmental considerations in humanitarian action. Read More
Key Resource
UN Environment – Case Study of the Nyarugusu Refugee Camp; Tanzania
Case Study
A collaborative study on the true cost of using traditional fuels in a humanitarian setting, using a case study of the Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania. Read More
Key Resource
Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh: experts assess environmental impacts of Rohingya influx
Mission Report
Mission report by the Ministry of Environment and Forest of Bangladesh on the environmental impacts of the refugee influx in Bangladesh. Read More
