Cedric H. de Coning
Research ProfessorCedric de Coning is a Research Professor in the Research Group on Peace, Conflict and Development at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). He co-directs the NUPI Center on United Nations and Global Governance, and the Climate, Peace and Security Risk project. He coordinates the Effectiveness of Peace Operations Network (EPON) and contributes to the Training for Peace programme, the UN Peace Operations project (UNPO) and several others. He is also a senior advisor for ACCORD. He tweets at @CedricdeConing.
Cedric has 30 years of experience in research, policy advise, training and education in the areas of conflict resolution, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and peace and conflict studies. Cedric has a Ph.D. in Applied Ethics from the Department of Philosophy of the University of Stellenbosch, and a M.A. (cum laude) in Conflict Management and Peace Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
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Thu 9 Jun 2022Event
Breakfast seminar: What can we do to ensure peace and security in a new era of complex risk?
Time: 09:00 Location: NUPIWelcome to the launch of this new timely report: ‘Environment of Peace’!
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: Report
Environment of Peace: Security in a New Era of Risk
2022Environment of Peace surveys the evolving risk landscape and documents a number of developments that indicate a pathway to solutions––in international law and policy, in peacekeeping operations and among non-governmental organizations. It finds that two principal avenues need to be developed: (a) combining... -
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Climate, Peace and Security: Sudan
Sudan is severely exposed to climate change. As one of the world’s least developed countries, extreme weather, recurrent floods and droughts, and changing precipitation interact with other vulnerabilities – such as ecosystem degradation, unsustainable agricultural practices, natural resource scarcities... -
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Climate, Peace and Security in Sudan
16.05.2022In this new Fact Sheet, researchers from NUPI and SIPRI’s joint Climate-related Peace and Security Project (CPSR) explore the nexus between climate change and security in Sudan. -
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet Sudan
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Cedric de Coning on adaptive mediation and conflict resolution
27.04.2022In this interview, Research Professor Cedric de Coning talks about the findings from the book Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution: Peace-making in Colombia, Mozambique, the Philippines, and Syria. -
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New book: Adaptive mediation and conflict resolution
27.04.2022How to secure peace after conflict? In a new book, Cedric de Coning and colleagues examine what lessons can be learned about adaptive mediation from the conflicts in Colombia, Mozambique, the Philippines, and Syria. -
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: Report
Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Iraq
• Increasing temperatures, decreasing water availability and greater inter-annual variability in rainfall negatively affect agriculture, reduce household income and food availability, and exacerbate livelihood insecurity. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by the adverse effects of climate... -
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Climate, Peace and Security in Iraq
05.04.2022In this new Fact Sheet, researchers from NUPI and SIPRI’s joint Climate-related Peace and Security (CPSR) Project explore the nexus between climate change and security in Iraq. -
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet Iraq
05.04.2022Iraq is highly vulnerable to climate change and its impacts. The country’s vulnerability is shaped by its physical exposure, a strong natural resource dependency and low adaptive capacity due to violent conflict, poverty, political instability and corruption. Iraq is particularly exposed to floods, droughts... -
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: Academic anthology
Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution: Peace-Making in Colombia, Mozambique, the Philippines, and Syria
This open access book introduces adaptive mediation as an alternative approach that enables mediators to go beyond determined-design models of mediation. Adaptive mediation is grounded in complexity theory, and is specifically designed to cope with highly dynamic conflict situations characterized by... -
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: South Sudan
Unpredictable annual variations in extreme weather events, like flooding and droughts, affect agriculture-dependent communities and influence pastoralist mobility patterns and routes. Such changes may intensify the risk of tensions between herders and farmers, often in connection with land, grazing,... -
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How does climate change affect peace and security in South Sudan?
11.03.2022In this newly released fact sheet from the project Climate-related Peace and Security Risks (CPSR), experts look at how South Sudan is vulnerable to the effects of climate change. -
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet South Sudan
11.03.2022The recent flooding in South Sudan is the worst in over 60 years. South Sudan is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including droughts and flooding. Both long-term climate change, such as the gradual increase in temperatures, and short-term extreme climate events, like increased flooding,... -
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Afghanistan
Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change: rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns and increasingly frequent extreme weather events. Currently, Afghanistan is experiencing its worst drought in 27 years, which, compounded with COVID-19 and the economic contraction... -
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet, Afghanistan
08.02.2022Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change: rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns and increasingly frequent extreme weather events. Currently, Afghanistan is experiencing its worst drought in 27 years, which, compounded with COVID-19 and the economic contraction... -
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Climate change, peace and security in Afghanistan
07.02.2022How does climate change affect peace and security in Afghanistan? NUPI and SIPRI, under the Climate-related Peace and Security Risks project have published a new fact sheet on this topic. Read it here. -
Tue 22 Feb 2022Event
The UN in South Sudan 2022: Risks and opportunities in an uncertain peace process
Time: 15:00 Location: ZoomThe UN Security Council will in March this year renew the mandate of UNMISS marking the tenth renewal of the Mission’s mandate since it began in 2011.
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Commentary: Russia’s ‘nyet’ does not mean climate security is off the Security Council agenda
13.12.2021On Monday, 13 December, Russia used its veto in the United Nations Security Council to block a thematic resolution on climate change and security put forward by Ireland and Niger. While the draft resolution contained specific actions, its main purpose was symbolic: to put the security implications of... -
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Preventing climate-related conflict: A challenge for cross-disciplinary research, policy and practice?
10.12.2021Climate-related peace and security risks are receiving increased attention on the international arena. But how do we ensure that different academic disciplines work together on the challenge of preventing future wars on conflict related to climate change? NUPI and SIPRI’s joint Climate-Related Peace...