Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict

07/06/2026

Why do the UNFCCC’s June Climate Meetings in Bonn matter for local peacebuilders?

From 8–18 June, governments, UN agencies, researchers, and civil society organisations will gather in 🇩🇪 Bonn, Germany, for the June Climate Meetings.

💡While these meetings may seem removed from the reality of local peacebuilding work, many of the issues on the agenda, from locally led climate adaptation to a just and inclusive transition to a carbon-neutral world, directly affect the safety and security of people and communities. And local peacebuilders are often the ones responding to these issues, having unique contextual knowledge.

➡️ Learn more about what the are, why they matter for local peacebuilders, and how you can engage in Bonn and beyond: https://gppac.net/news/why-do-unfcccs-june-climate-meetings-bonn-matter-local-peacebuilders

05/06/2026

The people closest to the climate crisis are also closest to the solutions.

Amongst them are local peacebuilders who are already working where the effects of climate change and conflict collide.

👀 They see what's happening first.
🚨 They respond first.
🤝 They help communities navigate risks before tensions escalate into conflict.

This , we stand in solidarity with everyone living with the impacts of climate change and recognise the incredible work of those who build a more peaceful and sustainable future every day.

📸 Keezhamanakudy, a coastal village in India, where fishermen witness coastal erosion and declining fish availability. This impacts economic livelihoods, elevates tensions over shared resources and displaces local residents. These are the kinds of risks local peacebuilders help communities navigate.

29/05/2026

Join an interdisciplinary and practice-oriented dialogue on the climate, peace, and security nexus, either in-person at the Rewley House, University of Oxford or online, on 5 June at 2 p.m. BST.

Climate change is not only an environmental or developmental challenge; it is rapidly reshaping the global security landscape in ways that are complex, non-linear, and deeply interconnected. Its implications are highly diverse, operating less as a direct cause of conflict than as a threat multiplier that exacerbates existing political, economic, and social vulnerabilities.

In conflict-affected and post-conflict settings, climate stress places additional pressure on fragile livelihoods and resource systems, with harmful consequences for food, water, and energy security. These pressures often emerge in contexts where public institutions are already unable to meet basic needs, compounding governance deficits and eroding social cohesion. As a result, climate change can deepen grievances and directly affect the capacity to sustain, reinforce, and build peace, while also reshaping the dynamics of peacebuilding itself.

At the same time, insecurity contributes to the climate crisis. Modern warfare devastates infrastructure and ecosystems, and entire regions risk becoming environmental sacrifice zones, underscoring the entanglement of climate and security.

These dynamics challenge traditional, state-centric notions of security and point towards the need for more integrated approaches that incorporate human security, environmental justice, and locally grounded perspectives.

During this hybrid event, panellists and speakers will:
🎤 introduce the complexity of the climate, peace, and security nexus,
🎤 illustrate how grassroots actors, peacebuilders, and academics are complementing state-led approaches through human security, environmental justice and locally grounded perspectives.

🔗 Registration is required for both in-person and online participation. Please register here: https://lnkd.in/eQPcJ2ad

This hybrid event is organised as part of GPPAC's Climate, Peace, and Security (CLIMPSE) Project, co-funded by the European Union and the United Nations Association of Mongolia (UNA Mongolia), with support from the Diplomatic Studies Programme, University of Oxford.

22/04/2026

This Earth Day 🌍

We talk a lot about climate action, but not enough about how we work together.

So where do we start?

3 lessons from Central Asia on how local peacebuilders can work together with environmental experts.

👉 Swipe to learn more.

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26/03/2026

This week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Khishigjargal Enkhbayar to our office in The Hague.
en is co-founder of the United Nations Association of Mongolia , a proud GPPAC member, and part of our Climate, Peace and Security (CLIMPSE) Steering Committee.

💡CLIMPSE is a 2.5-year project co-funded by the 🇪🇺 European Union, supporting local peacebuilders to advance climate-sensitive peacebuilding worldwide.

During her short but inspiring visit, Khishi shared powerful insights from her work, including:
🤝 preparations for the COP17 of the UNCCD being hosted in Mongolia this August
🔬 upcoming publications on the intersection of women, climate, peace and security
🙋 the 2025 launch of the North East Asian Youth Climate Council
🌏 and the lived realities of climate change on the ground, such as the Dzud, Mongolia’s extreme winter phenomenon affecting communities across Central Asia.

Moments like these remind us why connecting local experiences to global conversations matters 🌱

We’re already looking forward to continuing these exchanges at our next CLIMPSE meeting in Nepal! Stay tuned!

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13/03/2026

GPPAC MENA Regional Representative Fadi Abi Allam from the Permanent Peace Movement (PPM) and MENA Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict - Menappac shares a first-hand account of the situation in today.

More than a million people have been displaced. Airstrikes and internationally prohibited weapons are destroying communities and the environment.

Fadi is one of many GPPAC members active before, during, and after conflict, sharing first-hand perspectives on the realities communities face.

08/03/2026

Here’s to all the women.

Who organise across divides.
Who speak out against injustice.
Who listen.
Who ensure local voices are heard beyond their communities.
Who challenge power.
Who stand in solidarity with each other.
Who find common ground.

They build peace.
They prevent conflict.
They ensure the safety and security of their communities.
Every day.

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04/03/2026

GPPAC network members are active before, during, and after conflict. They bring local knowledge and trusted relationships across conflict lines.

They can therefore do what many other actors cannot. They improve policies, institutions, and relationships that help societies withstand shock and deliver security for people and communities.

Check out our latest newsletter to find concrete examples of this in action 🔗⬇️

In the coming years, emergency governance will continue to normalise. Political time horizons are compressed, policy cycles are shorter, and attention shifts quickly from one crisis to the next. Structural conflict prevention, by contrast, requires long-term commitment, institutional continuity, and...

16/02/2026

Are you interested in learning more about the history of technology used to enhance conflict resolution and prevent deadly conflict?

Join a presentation by Bill Warters, PhD, retired from the Master of Arts in Dispute Resolution Program at Wayne State University and a facilitator with the Alternatives to Violence Project of Michigan, organised by GPPAC’s Peace Education Working Group.

Dr Warters will explore the evolution of Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) tools and techniques that aim to maintain neutrality, as well as other forms of info-activism, civic engagement practices, and peace tech initiatives.

🔗 Find out more and register here: https://gppac.net/node/1895

28/01/2026

Our Improving Practice Working Group invites you to a roundtable on: Is Climate Security Human Security?

🗓 Friday 30 January 2026
🕐 13:00–15:00 CET (Brussels time)
💻 Join through this link (no registration required): https://www.gppac.net/node/1894

Guiding questions:

1️⃣ What aspects of climate change are relevant for your region?
2️⃣ Does climate change trigger any conflict in your local community/country/region?
3️⃣ Do you or your organisation cooperate with other CSOs in relation to these challenges?

🎤 Speakers:
- Professor Paula Banerjee, Director of the Center on Gender and Forced Displacement at the Asian Institute of Technology
- Asel Murzakulova, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Central Asia
- Tazhykan Shabdanova, President of the Foundation for Tolerance International

🧭 Facilitators and organisers: Lucy Nusseibeh, Improving Practice Working Group Chair, Middle East Nonviolence and Democracy - MEND, Jon Rudy and Tatjana Popovic, Nansen Dialogue Centre Serbia, Improving Practice Working Group Co-Chairs.