News and Insight

Adi Vasulevu is the Executive Director of Transcend Oceania, a peacebuilding organisation based in Fiji. As part of ongoing discussions around COP26, we spoke to Adi about her work and the challenges facing Fijians including climate change and COVID-19.

As politicians, scientists and activists meet in Glasgow to discuss tackling climate change at COP26, Florence Swamy argues that we must not forget about the people on the frontlines of the climate emergency.

The 26th UN Climate Change Conference is focusing world attention on the existential impact of climate change on our common ecological system. It is a moment for leadership and global action. The changes required to sustain our planet will require shifts in power and resources. Similar shifts are needed to transform conflict and build peace.

The Pacific region is experiencing the climatic and environmental effects of climate change – effects that are likely to increase in the coming decades. The escalating rate and intensity of cyclones, coastal erosion and land salinity as a result of rising sea levels will increasingly impact the region economically, socially and politically.

Smart Peace was a global initiative combining the expertise of consortium members to address the challenges of building peace. A new interactive resource allows users to explore its forward-looking approach to peacebuilding through case studies and lessons learnt.

Magda Zenon is a human rights activist and peacebuilder living in Cyprus, and is a member of Women Mediators across the Commonwealth (WMC). To celebrate the anniversary of UNSCR1325, Magda has interviewed members of the WMC about their experiences of mediating peace and hopes for the future.

Ten years ago, Conciliation Resources co-convened an international conference in the Palace of Aiete, in San Sebastian-Donostia. This helped put in motion a series of events that ushered in a new chapter for peace in the Basque Country. A decade later, the organisers and participants headed back to Aiete to reflect on the achievements of the peace process, and the challenges that lie ahead.

The Women Mediators across the Commonwealth (WMC) network and Conciliation Resources have published their second joint report, 'Beyond the vertical: what enables women mediators to mediate.' The report asks: what are the enabling factors that contribute to the meaningful inclusion and recognition of diverse women in peace mediation?

This month Smart Peace consortium partners presented lessons learnt from their experiences of innovative peacebuilding in northeast Nigeria, Central African Republic and Myanmar at an online event hosted by Chatham House.

Joint statement by Conciliation Resources, European Institute of Peace, InterMediate, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Berghof Foundation, CMI Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation, and CITpax Centro Internacional de Toledo para la Paz.

A new short film is the centrepiece of Conciliation Resources' #SeeTheHuman campaign. The film sees three opposing ‘pairs’ confronting each other before realising that they have more in common than first meets the eye.

Smart Peace has launched a series of guides introducing the various Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning methods utilised over the course of this ground-breaking project on innovative peacebuilding.