Decarbonization and conflict resolution: implications for the clean energy transition

This policy brief outlines a new, and nuanced, relationship among conflict, peace making, and natural resources.

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
16 February 2023
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Climate and Environment, Governance and Conflict
Authors:
Spatz, B., Sarkar, A, de Waal, A.

Abstract

Outlines a new, and nuanced, relationship among conflict, peace making, and natural resources (particularly oil) in violent, transactional political systems (i.e., political marketplaces), describing how the availability of discretionary oil rents impacts patterns of peace making; there are more comprehensive peace deals when there is more oil revenue, and more limited deals such as ceasefires when that revenue decreases.

This is an output of the Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PEACEREP) programme.

Citation

Spatz, B., Sarkar, A., & de Waal, A. Decarbonization and Conflict Resolution: New Patterns of Peacemaking in Political Marketplace Systems and its Implications for the Clean Energy Transition (PeaceRep Policy Brief). PeaceRep: Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform, University of Edinburgh 2023

Decarbonization and conflict resolution: implications for the clean energy transition

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Published 16 February 2023
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