Land Degradation Is Associated with Larger Crop Yield Gaps across Global Croplands

2026 | Nature Food
Hadi Hadi, Deepak Ray, Pasquale Borrelli, James Gerber, Nima Shokri, Shahrear Roman, and David Wuepper

There is a long-standing concern that land degradation reduces agricultural productivity, particularly in the long run. However, the empirical evidence on this issue remains inconclusive.…

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Climate, Peace and Security in Eastern Chad: Risks, Resilience, and Response

2026 | UN Regional Office for Central Africa

Eastern Chad is facing an increasingly complex convergence of climate variability, environmental degradation, forced displacement, livelihood insecurity and governance constraints. Bordering Sudan, Libya and the…

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Environmental Peacebuilding in Central Asia: Shared Challenges and Solutions (chapter in "Towards Sustainable Future of Central Asia: Analysis of Climate, Resources and Human Security")

2026 | Advances in Global Change Research
Stefanie Wesch, Kathleen Hermans, Anna Sperber, Larissa Kogutenko, and Jürgen Scheffran

As challenges with respect to climate change are worsening, with adverse impacts on natural resources such as arable land and water, the role of climate…

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Greening in Turbulent Times: Insights into Civic Ecology Practices across Ukraine

2026 | Sustainability Science
Marine Elbakidze, Oksana Pelyukh, Nataliya Stryamets, Madeleine Bonow, Sara Teitelbaum, Marianne Krasny, and Thomas Elmqvist

Armed conflicts generate profound disruptions to social and ecological systems, weakening institutions, degrading ecosystems, and undermining community resilience. Yet less is known about how grassroots…

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Addressing the Environmental Consequences of Conflict, towards the Full Protection of Civilians

2026 | Conflict and Environment Observatory
Doug Weir

This paper argues that any full assessment of conflict harm must comprehensively account for environmental harms, and that full protection of civilians requires full protection…