CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Blair, Fionnlagh |
|---|---|
| Title | Sowing the Seeds of Change: The EU's Approach to Environmental Peacebuilding |
| Summary | As an emerging branch of research, environmental peacebuilding seeks to examine the transformative potential of environmental cooperation in conflict and post-conflict scenarios. It rests upon the assumption that the environment’s natural resources can act as a mechanism for cooperation and, ultimately, more peaceful encounters. A common thread amongst recent formations of environmental peacebuilding suggests that engaging with the notion of hybridity is conducive to its effective implementation. The central guiding research question for this paper is therefore to what extent does the EU’s approach to environmental peacebuilding fit within the emerging analytical paradigm. Research is conducted by way of discourse analysis of the EU’s framing of environmental peacebuilding within EEAS policy documents, instruments and operational documents. The key findings are that the dominant discursive framings in EU texts regarding the environment-conflict-peace nexus are still beholden to the ‘threat multiplier’ representation of environmental degradation and climate change. However, crucially, there is an increasing recognition within EU discourse of the productive potential of environmental cooperation at each stage of the conflict life cycle. Furthermore, in terms of hybridity, the EU actively seeks to promote inclusive and contextual environmental peacebuilding approaches but remnants of a liberal peacebuilding model endure. |
| Supervisor | Kurowska, Xymena |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/blair_fionnlagh.pdf |
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