Peace, security & conflict
Conférence d'experts // Prévention et gestion des conflits liés à la gouvernance des ressources naturelles en Afrique de l'Ouest
Plus de 150 experts venant de 13 pays se sont réunis du 12 au 14 novembre à Niamey pour la conférence internationale " Prévention et gestion des…
Frexus Project // Training materials for security actors
Discover the training materials (available in French only) for security actors, developed throughout the Frexus Project. The latter aimed to improve…
News // Water resources – defusing conflict, promoting cooperation
The DAFNE project, funded by the European Union, has developed a methodology for avoiding conflicts of use in transboundary rivers. The model-based…
News // How water shortages are brewing wars
By Sandy Milne. Unprecedented levels of dam building and water extraction by nations on great rivers are leaving countries further downstream…
Nexus meets Crisis // A Review of Conflict, Natural Resources and the Humanitarian Response in Darfur with Reference to the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
By Brendan Bromwich. Darfur has been widely used as a case study by both those arguing for causality between environmental scarcity and war and those…
Frexus Project // The signing ceremony of the local convention in Bellen
As part of the Frexus project, a convention on natural resource management was signed during a workshop in the commune of Bellen, Governorate of…
Review // The 9th Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development
This year’s Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development – titled: “From a Human Security Crisis Towards an Environment of Peace” – took place between…
Nexus Blog // Lutte contre les changements climatiques: une opportunité pour la prévention des conflits au Sahel
Les conflits autour des ressources naturelles (eau, terre, énergie) jouent un rôle significatif dans la détérioration de la situation sécuritaire au…
Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme // Nexus Newsletter, Issue N°13, August 2022
The Nexus Newsletter is filled with project updates including activities, milestones and achievements as well as the latest news on the WEF Nexus,…
Research Article // Overcoming Resource Nexus Conflicts With a Normative-Institutional Approach: A Case Study of Brazil
By Priscila Carvalho and Catalina Spataru. This study proposes a normative-institutional approach to assess the Water-Energy Nexus that offers a…
Nexus Event // Conclusions de la réunion multidisciplinaire d'experts du lac Tchad sur les moyens d'existence et l'eau
Cet article présente les résultats et les conclusions de la réunion multidisciplinaire d'experts sur le lac Tchad, qui s'est tenue en février 2019 à…
Research Article // Threats in Water–Energy–Food–Land Nexus by the 2022 Military and Economic Conflict
By G.-Fivos Sargentis and collegues. In this study, the WEF Nexus was used as an indicator to evaluate the social impacts of the current (2022)…
Blog Nexus // Aperçu de la séance de la COP26: L’eau, le climat et les frontières : Le rôle de la coopération entre les bassins fluviaux pour la résilience climatique
Dans le cadre du tout premier Pavillon eau de la Conférence sur le climat COP26, qui a eu lieu le 12 novembre 2021, la GIZ, en collaboration avec le…
Research article //The water-energy-food nexus: A holistic approach for resource security in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey
By Mohanna Zarei. The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of water conflicts in the Middle East region specifically in Iran, Iraq, and…
Water-Peace Nexus // Water Stress is Helping Drive Conflict and Migration. How Should the Global Community Respond?
By Charles Iceland. Water stress and drought are as old as civilization, and while human beings have devised many ways to guard against these…