Welcome to the Knowledge Platform on Gender, Natural Resources, Climate, and Peace

This Knowledge Platform brings together practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and other actors to share resources on programming and research at the intersection of gender, natural resources, climate change, and peace.

The platform is co-produced by the Joint Programme on Women, Natural Resources, and Peace, a partnership between the UN Environment Programme, UN Women, the UN Development Programme, and the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs. The platform is hosted and co-produced by the Environmental Peacebuilding Association.

Themes

Climate Change

Conflict Prevention, Mediation, & Resolution

Extractive Resources

Inclusive Governance

Land

Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment

Protection & Access to Justice

Renewable Resources

Recent Library Additions

Women, Peace and Security in Canada and the United States
2026 | Routledge

Breaking Barriers to Sustain Youth Participation in and Beyond Brazil
2026 | Routledge

Gender Norms and Protection: Navigating Agency, Risk, and Backlash
2026 | ODI Global

News

IGAD Mobilises Male Champions to Transform Community Support for Women’s Land Rights in Magwi County
Oct 3, 2026 | The Intergovernmental Authority on Development

Advancing Women’s Land Rights through building capacity of customary institutions in Magwi County, South Sudan
Oct 1, 2026 | The Intergovernmental Authority on Development

IGAD Trains Women Leaders and Peace Committee Members to Strengthen Women’s Role in Peacebuilding in Somalia
Oct 1, 2026 | The Intergovernmental Authority on Development