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Erika S. Weinthal

John O. Blackburn Distinguished Professor
Environmental Social Systems
Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0328
9 Circuit Drive, Environment Hall 4119, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Book sections


CLIMATE SECURITY

Book section · January 1, 2026 This chapter surveys the evolution of the climate security field that emerged from the broader environmental security field with roots in global environmental politics and other traditional social science disciplines. Since the IPCC published its first fin ... Full text Cite

Post-war environmental peacebuilding: Navigating renewable and non-renewable resources

Book section · January 1, 2018 Since the 1990s, the environmental security and peacebuilding community has sought to understand the mechanisms by which the environment can produce conflict and foster peace and security. The early literature on environmental security largely emphasized t ... Full text Cite

The Nexus of Energy and Water Quality

Book section · 2016 Erika ... Full text Cite

Water and post-conflict peacebuilding

Book section · January 1, 2014 Water is a basic human need, and despite predictions of “water wars,” shared waters have proven to be the natural resource with the greatest potential for interstate cooperation and local confidence building. Indeed, water management plays a singularly imp ... Full text Cite

Shoring up peace: Water and post-conflict peacebuilding

Book section · January 1, 2014 Water is essential to human health, poverty alleviation, sustainable livelihoods, and food security. Yet 780 million people worldwide still lack access to safe drinking water, and 2.5 billion live without access to basic sanitation (UNICEF and WHO 2012). O ... Full text Cite

Harnessing water management for more effective peacebuilding: Lessons learned

Book section · January 1, 2014 Water resources play an important and multifaceted role in post-conflict peacebuilding. Immediately after conflict ceases, access to water and sanitation is vital for meeting basic human needs. In the longer term, effective water resource management can pr ... Full text Cite

Corporate Social Responsibility: Out of the Shadows of Environmental Regulation

Book section · 2012 Combining the theoretical tools of comparative politics with the substantive concerns of environmental policy, experts explore responses to environmental problems across nations and political systems. ... Cite

Water and Conflict: Moving from the Global to the Local

Book section · December 16, 2010 The Routledge Handbook of Global Public Health explores this context and addresses both the emerging issues and conceptualizations of the notion of global health, along with expanding upon and highlighting the critical priorities in this ... ... Cite