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Record Nr.

UNINA9910855384003321

Autore

Kiyala Jean Chrysostome K

Titolo

Climate Change and Socio-Political Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Anthropocene : Perspectives from Peace Ecology and Sustainable Development

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

3-031-48375-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (725 pages)

Collana

The Anthropocene: Politik--Economics--Society--Science Series ; ; v.37

Altri autori (Persone)

ChivasaNorman

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Part I Threats of Climate Change on Peace, Security and Sustainable Development -- 1 Introduction to Climate Change, Violence, and Sustainable Development in the Anthropocene -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Methods -- 1.3 Content and Structure -- 1.3.1 Introduction to Climate Change, Violence and Sustainable Development in the Anthropocene -- 1.3.2 Climate Change and Climate Wars in the Anthropocene -- 1.3.3 The Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in the Anthropocene: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies in Southern Africa -- 1.3.4 Drought, the War in Europe and Its Impact on Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa, East Africa -- 1.3.5 Climate Change and Its Implications on Food Security in the Great Lakes Region -- 1.3.6 Climate Change, Food Insecurity, Peace and Sustainable Development in East Africa: A Case Study of South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya -- 1.3.7 Gender, an Ecological Challenge to Peace in the Anthropocene: An African Perspective -- 1.3.8 Community-Based Early Warning Mechanisms to Address Machete Violence in the Artisanal Mining Areas in Zimbabwe -- 1.3.9 Mapping the Conflict Between Street Vendors and the Harare City Council: Towards Building Peace in Zimbabwe -- 1.3.10 Youths in War in a Post-Colonial State and the Revolving Use of Child Soldiers:



Perspectives from the Democratic Republic of Congo -- 1.3.11 Rethinking Peace: Some Reflections on the Imaginary Nature of the Contemporary Peace Model -- 1.3.12 Inequality, Unemployment and Poverty in the COVID-19 Era in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa -- 1.3.13 Sustainable Development in South Africa in the Anthropocene in the Post-COVID-19 Era.

1.3.14 Civil Society-Community Partnership for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development in Ward 7 of Chivi District (Masvingo Province), Zimbabwe -- 1.3.15 Peace, Security and Sustainable Development Goals in Zimbabwe -- 1.3.16 The Nexus Approach in Relation to Climate Action and Planetary Integrity: Delimiting SDG13 Relative to Accelerating Sustainable Development in Africa -- 1.3.17 Social Climate, Social Capital and Social Good in Sub-Saharan African Countries: Implications for Sustainable Development -- 1.3.18 Occupational Health and Safety of Artisanal Miners in Kolwezi, the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Problem for Goals 3 and 8 of the Sustainable Development Agenda -- 1.3.19 Russia's War in Ukraine: Impacts on Ecology, Energy Market, Food Security, and Sustainable Development -- 1.3.20 Child Soldiering Justice and Peacebuilding: A Dialectic Analysis of the Conventional Criminal Justice System and African Indigenous Jurisprudence -- 1.3.21 Honour Culture and Rape Denialism in the Southern Sudanese Culture: A Prospective Response from Ubuntu Restorative Justice -- 1.3.22 Effects of State Capturing, Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in Zimbabwe on Sustainable Development -- 1.3.23 Handling Indiscipline Involving Children at Home and Schools: A Restorative Justice Perspective to Unlearn Violent Behaviours in Zimbabwe -- 1.3.24 Schools as Agents of Change: Impacts of Restorative Circles Mbambangwe School in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa -- 1.3.25 Indaba and Violence Prevention in Educational Institutions: Perspectives from South Africa -- 1.3.26 Peace-Building Processes to Address Xenophobia in South Africa -- 1.3.27 State and Civil Society-Led Peace Committees in Zimbabwe -- 1.3.28 Personal Identity and Peacebuilding: A Critical Reflection -- 1.4 Looking Towards the Future -- References -- 2 Climate Change and Climate Wars in the Anthropocene.

2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Anthropocene -- 2.2.1 Earth-Common Good Relation in the Anthropocene -- 2.2.2 Climatic Transformations -- 2.2.3 Environmental Conflicts and Violence -- 2.2.4 Climate Wars -- 2.2.5 Impacts of War on the Environment -- 2.3 Planetary Boundaries Framework -- 2.4 Peace Ecology -- 2.5 Environmental Peacemaking and Environmental Justice -- 2.6 Environmental Justice and Social Justice -- 2.7 Sustainable Development in the Age of Climate Change -- 2.8 Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- 3 The Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in the Anthropocene: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies in Southern Africa -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Climate Change and Its Impact on Water Management -- 3.2.1 Background -- 3.2.2 Sub-Saharan African Region -- 3.3 Climate Change Adaptation -- 3.3.1 Angola -- 3.3.2 Botswana -- 3.3.3 Zimbabwe -- 3.3.4 South Africa -- 3.3.5 Mozambique -- 3.4 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Drought, the War in Europe and Its Impacts on Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa, East Africa -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Food Inflation in Eastern Africa -- 4.3 Fuel and Transport Inflation in Eastern Africa -- 4.4 Case Studies of the Selected EA Countries -- 4.4.1 Uganda -- 4.4.2 Ethiopia -- 4.4.3 DR Congo -- 4.4.4 Kenya -- 4.5 Climatic Shocks (Drought) and Food Security in EA -- 4.6 Governmental Attempts, Efficiency, and Limits in Controlling Drought and Warfare Effects -- 4.7 Finance for Climate



Smart Agriculture (CSA) Practices in EA -- 4.8 Conclusions and Recommendations -- 4.8.1 Increasing Governmental Investments on the Agricultural Sector -- 4.8.2 Responding to Climate Change -- 4.8.3 Reducing the Cost of Production -- 4.8.4 Encouraging the Substitution of Import Food Products with the Locally Available -- References -- 5 Climate Change and Its Implications on Food Security in the Great Lakes Region.

5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 General Background and Climate Change Status -- 5.3 Global Climate Change and Impact on Food Resources -- 5.4 Impact of Climate Change on Food Availability and Access -- 5.5 Climate Change and Food Utilisation as Well as Stability -- 5.6 Climate Change and Overall Food Productivity -- 5.7 Impact on Water and Land Resources -- 5.8 Climate Change and Food Security -- 5.9 Some Mechanisms to Mitigate the Situation and Adaptation Strategies to the Ongoing Climate Change -- 5.10 Climate-Smart Agriculture Perspectives in the Great Lakes Region -- 5.10.1 Understanding Climate-Smart Agriculture -- 5.10.2 Adaptation Strategies -- 5.10.3 Mitigation and Sustainable Practices -- 5.10.4 Technological Innovations -- 5.10.5 Policy and Institutional Support -- 5.10.6 Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement -- 5.11 Conclusion -- References -- 6 Climate Change, Food Insecurity, Peace and Sustainable Development in East Africa: Case Study of South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Rethinking the Problems of Climate Change, Food Insecurity and Conflict -- 6.3 South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya -- 6.3.1 Sudan and South Sudan -- 6.3.2 Kenya -- 6.3.3 Ethiopia -- 6.4 A Roadmap for Survival from Climate Crisis to Peace and Sustainable Development -- 6.5 Conclusion -- References -- 7 Gender, an Ecological Challenge to Peace in the Anthropocene: An African Perspective -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Gender in the Anthropocene -- 7.3 A Feminist View of Environmental Justice -- 7.4 Gender and Climate Change -- 7.5 Gender Roles in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation -- 7.6 Gender in Forest Management and Conservation -- 7.7 Gender and Energy -- 7.8 Challenges Facing Women in Enhancing Environmental Justice -- 7.8.1 Culture -- 7.8.2 Patriarchy -- 7.8.3 Power -- 7.9 Conclusion -- References.

Part II Addressing Direct Violence and  Building Peace -- 8 Community-Based Early Warning Mechanisms to Address Machete Violence in the Artisanal Mining Areas in Zimbabwe -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Informality and the Mashurugwi Phenomenon in Zimbabwe -- 8.3 The Evolution of Early Warning Systems (EWSs) and the Significance of the Community -- 8.3.1 Political Issues -- 8.3.2 Lack of Skills -- 8.4 Embracing the Community EWS Concept for Zimbabwe's Artisanal Mining Areas -- 8.4.1 Risk Knowledge -- 8.4.2 Monitoring -- 8.4.3 Response Capability -- 8.4.4 Communication -- 8.5 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Mapping the Conflict Between Street Vendors and Harare City Council Towards Building Peace in Zimbabwe -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Methodology -- 9.3 Conceptual Framework -- 9.3.1 Peacebuilding -- 9.3.2 Sustainable Development -- 9.4 Mapping the Conflict -- 9.4.1 Mapping Components -- 9.4.2 Street Vendors -- 9.4.3 Illegal Street Vendors -- 9.4.4 Pedestrians -- 9.4.5 Harare City Council (HCC) -- 9.4.6 What Are the Issues with Street Vendors? -- 9.4.7 The Politicisation of Vending in Harare -- 9.4.8 Formal Business Caught in The Middle -- 9.4.9 The Security Forces' Involvement in the Conflict: Zimbabwe Republic Police and Zimbabwe National Army -- 9.5 Conclusion -- References -- 10 Youths in War in a Post-Colonial State and the Continuing Use of Child Soldiers: Perspectives from the Democratic Republic of Congo -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2



Fragmentation in a Post-Colonial State: A DRC Perspective -- 10.3 Child Soldiers in the DRC: The Underlying Factors -- 10.4 Theoretical Framework -- 10.5 Research Methodology -- 10.6 Child Soldiering in the Post-Colonial DRC: What Needs to be Done? -- 10.7 Conclusion -- References -- Part III Peace, Security and Sustainable Development.

11 Rethinking Peace: Some Reflections on The Imaginary Nature of Contemporary Peace Model.