CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Tur, Tamara |
|---|---|
| Title | ENVIRONMENTAL PEACEBUILDING: TRANSBOUNDARY ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION AND CONFLICT PREVENTION |
| Summary | Environment and politics are interdependent. Environmental issues disrupt political status quo, cause shocks to human health, alter the habitat, and threaten water and food security. Conversely, political decisions can bring about environmental disruptions including climate change, anthropogenic, and natural disasters. The research on the relationship between environmental problems and interstate relations is inconclusive, however it shows a nexus between conflict and cooperation—that is, similar conditions i.e., environmental degradation, can lead to either conflictive or cooperative outcomes. Moreover, cooperation has the potential to create stability and lasting peace. Given these assumptions, this paper analyzes two case studies: the Nile Basin and the Lake Chad Basin and finds that in conflict prone areas, the consequences of environmental degradation, such as decrease in water supply due to natural or anthropogenic reasons, have the potential to trigger transboundary hostility and conflicts among co-riparians. However, the presence of powerful institutions, in the form of international organizations, has a substantial mitigating effect which can lead to stability and peaceful relations in the region. |
| Supervisor | Fumagalli, Matteo |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/tur_tamara.pdf |
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