Environment Platform Wales has developed a partnership with the Welsh Peace Academy, ‘Academi Heddwch’. Please get in touch if you are interested in this area of research at info@epwales.org.uk.
We are all aware of how changes to the climate and environment are creating tensions in communities – both locally within Wales and globally. In a highly interconnected and environmentally strained world, these tensions are unlikely to disappear in the foreseeable future and may generate conflict within and between societies, including the potential for violent conflict. Furthermore, achieving a degree of consensus to enable effective action appears increasingly difficult when communities are polarised and individuals feel alienated from society.
Consider some of these examples: