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Author:<\/strong> Tim Epple<\/p>\n

Previous research has shown that climate change can exacerbate conflict drivers or, on the other hand, incentivise \u2018environmental peacebuilding\u2019. One might, therefore, expect to find references to climate issues in peace agreements. This study draws on the PA-X Peace Agreement Database to shed new light on climate\u2013peace interactions. Only seven out of 2,003 peace agreements signed between 1990 and 2023 explicitly mention \u2018climate change\u2019. However, an analysis of provisions in 28 peace agreements reveals that climate\u2013peace interactions are much more complex than the paucity of the term \u2018climate change\u2019 in agreements suggests. Based on PA-X data, I argue that there are three main ways in which climate change and peace processes interact: First, as existing literature shows, the consequences of climate change can affect conflict parties\u2019 bargaining positions and lead to conflict (de-)escalation. Second, conflict parties agree on climate action \u2013 often implicitly and for political reasons. This article provides the first comparison of levels of climate action ambition in peace agreements, from incremental and transformational adaptation to mitigation. Third, the results of political bargaining in peace processes can have positive and negative unintended consequences for the climate. For example, although conflict de-escalation can produce a more conducive environment for climate action, its stabilising effect may also enable carbon-intensive economic activities.<\/p>\n

This article was published online in the Environment and Security journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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