Peace, security & conflict
FREXUS Project // Riding out the Multicrisis – the Paris Peace Forum 2022 Tackles Global Governance Challenges in a Polarized World
By Shinta Sander & Ronja Grimmer, GIZ. Under the headline “Riding out the multicrisis”, the Paris Peace Forum (PPF) took place from 11-12 November in…
Blog // Interview with first-ever NL Regional Envoy for Water & Energy Security in MENA
Tessa Terpstra is a Deputy Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, currently dealing with protocol and host country affairs. She has over 15…
FREXUS Project // Analysis of Conflicts Related to Natural Resource Management around Farrey and Karel Pastoral Areas, Dosso/Niger.
The Frexus project "Improving security and climate resilience in a fragile context through the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus", in collaboration…
Research Article // Water–Energy–Food nexus evaluation using an inverse approach of the graph model for conflict resolution based on incomplete fuzzy preferences
By Dayong Wang, Jing Huang, Yejun Xu, and Nannan Wu. In this paper, the WEF nexus evaluation problem is considered as a special type of conflict…
Frexus Project // Cleaning of the water supply canal of the Koboro pond in the commune of Soboundou
The Frexus project, in partnership with NGO ODI-Sahel, is currently undertaking a canal dredging project near the Koboro waterhole to enhance…
FREXUS project // Cooperation in the Lake Chad Basin between the Frexus project and the Lake Chad Basin Commission
Workshop with the executives of the Lake Chad Basin Commission on the LCBC-GIZ collaboration framework for the implementation of the Frexus project…
Project // Improving Security and Climate Resilience in a fragile Context through the Water-Energy and Food Security Nexus (Frexus)
The Frexus project fosters cross-sectoral and integrated approaches in resource management, within local communities in Mali, Niger and Chad that are…
COP 27 // Side Event on “Nexus Solutions for climate resilient water-energy-food-Environment security” shows importance of the Nexus approach for climate change
The COP27 took place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, holding a side event on November 14th on: “Nexus solutions for climate-resilient water, energy, food…
Technical Report // Climate-related Security Risks and Peacebuilding in Mali
By Farah Hegazi, Florian Krampe and Elizabeth Smith. This new SIPRI Policy Paper ‘Climate-related Security Risks and Peacebuilding in Mali’ sheds…
Projet Frexus // Formation des acteurs locaux sur l’intégration de l’approche « Do No Harm/ Ne pas Nuire » dans la gestion des ressources naturelles
Les aspects de gouvernance ayant été identifiés comme facteurs clés de conflits dans les zones d’intervention du projet FREXUS, des formations des…
Frexus // Les Organismes Régionaux de Bassins au centre des Réflexions
En Juin 2022, a eu lieu le premier atelier d’échanges entre organismes de bassins autour de la gestion pacifique des ressources naturelles entre…
Projet Frexus // Campagne de sensibilisation à la prévention des conflits liés aux ressources naturelles : Rupture collective du jeûne du Ramadan et désescalade des conflits
En collaboration avec des ONG locales, le projet Frexus a organisé des événements collectifs d'Iftar du Ramadan et une campagne de sensibilisation…
Research Article // Climate Change, Security, and the Resource Nexus: Case Study of Northern Nigeria and Lake Chad
Studying the intersection of climate change, resource scarcity and security is pivotal to understanding multiple existing environmental stress…
Projet Frexus // Atelier pour la cartographie participative des couloirs de passage d’animaux dans la commune de Bellen
Dans la commune de Bellen au Mali, des anciens couloirs de passages d’animaux ne sont plus utilisables dû à l’expansion incontrôlée des parcelles de…
Online Event // Water, Food and Energy Nexus as Resources for Peace
The event investigates how water, food and energy - if approached through a Nexus lens - can be a source of cooperation and peace instead of…