planetary peacebuilding

As global climate change exerts ever increasing pressures on our planet’s natural ecosystems, so too does it impose pressures on the human realm. Increased droughts, fires, and flooding contribute to increased conflict due to resource scarcity as communities search for food, water, land, and physical safety. An effect of this is increased climate migration, which exacerbates a social and political climate too often characterized by a perception of scarcity and fear of others. Further, human produced toxins permeate our air, water, and ground systems, with deleterious impacts to the wellbeing of the planet and the human community. Peacebuilders around the world are grappling with these challenges, exploring ways to address climate driven violence, promote reconciliation with and through the Earth, and restore human and planetary health and wellbeing. The resources in this section represent John Paul’s growing reflections and engagement on the topics of environmental violence as well as environmental and planetary peacebuilding.