The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) invites academics from the social sciences, practitioners, policy makers and policy researchers to submit abstracts and subsequent papers that consider issues related to climate and conflict challenges and interventions in Africa, and the development of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures that are conflict sensitive.
The key outcomes of the seminar will be presented in the form of a Policy and Practice Brief distributed at a series of side events during the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at the end of 2011 in Durban. In addition, selected papers from the seminar will be published in the form of an edited volume in 2012.
The objective of the seminar will be to consider current climate and conflict challenges and interventions in Africa, and to contribute to the development of adaptation, mitigation measures and funding that are conflict sensitive.
Ultimately, one of the seminar outputs should be the identification of lessons and possible work areas for policy makers, practitioners and academics in this field. Another important outcome of the seminar will be the development of a Policy and Practice Brief to be disseminated at COP17in Durban at the end of 2011.
ACCORD will cover travel, meals and accommodation expenses for invited participants.
Potential topics and themes
Authors may wish to refer to the topics and themes below when preparing their abstract and eventually their papers:
Conceptual/Theoretical overviews:
Climate change and conflict, and climate change adaptation in Africa
Conflict-sensitive climate change adaptation in Africa
Framing and assessing the climate-conflict challenges for Africa:
Hydro(water)-issues and conflict
Migration/displacement and conflict
Pastoral conflict
Identifying and assessing lessons, solutions and tools for Africa
Climate-conflict prevention and management tools in Africa
Successes and lessons from interventions in climate and environmental-related conflicts (case studies, for example)
The potential of traditional forms of conflict resolution for climate change adaptation
The potential of collaborative or participatory forms of conflict resolution for climate change adaptation
Inter-, intra-state and communal issues in conflict sensitive climate adaptation.
Actors/institutions in conflict sensitive climate adaptation – NGOs, international organisations, funding (GEF, LDC fund), etc.
Last date for submitting the abstract is 10 June 2011.
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