Environmental Peacebuilding: An Oral History | Dr. Erika Weinthal

The Wilson Center

Today’s episode of New Security Broadcast is hosted by ECSP in collaboration with the Environmental Peacebuilding Association as part of a special series, "Thought-leaders and Frontline Workers in Environmental Peacebuilding: An Oral History." The series features interviews with academics, practitioners, and frontline workers to offer a behind-the-scenes look at the history and evolution the environmental peacebuilding field. In this episode, ECSP's Claire Doyle speaks with Dr. Erika Weinthal, Lee Hill Snowdon Professor of Environmental Policy at Duke University and member of the United Nations Environment Programme's Expert Advisory Group on Environment, Conflict, and Peacebuilding. Dr. Weinthal shares how academics, practitioners, and policymakers collaborated to shape and bring momentum to the environmental peacebuilding field, why water was a central focus early on, where she thinks environmental peacebuilding is headed, and more.