How Peace Treaties Can Influence Countries’ Climate Policies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10071712 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tobias Böhmelt (0000-0002-7661-8670, University of Essex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00220027251406634 |
| OpenAlex | W4417072238 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 82 |
Peace agreements increasingly contain environmental provisions, yet we know little about the impact these clauses might have. This study is the first to systematically assess whether and how environmental terms in peace treaties can influence states’ climate policies. I argue that peace accords help establish the foundations for legalization and the rule of law in post-conflict societies, which facilitates that environmental terms lead to actual legislation. I analyze over 2,000 peace agreements and thousands of climate mitigation policies from 1990 to 2024, using multiple estimation strategies. The findings show that peace agreements’ environmental provisions are associated with the adoption of climate policies in post-conflict periods. This relationship holds even when exploring environmental outcomes, accounting for countries’ self-selection into environmental terms, or considering moderating factors like institutional capacity. The study contributes to the literature on peacebuilding and environmental politics, offering new insights into how peace agreements can shape post-conflict settings
Climate change · Climate policy · Environmental law · Environmental policy · Global warming · Legalization · Peacebuilding · Political economy of climate change · Peace and Human Rights Education · Peacebuilding and International Security · Transboundary Water Resource Management
The environmental Kuznets curve after 25 years
One effect to rule them all? A comment on climate and conflict
Biases in Dynamic Models with Fixed Effects
Does globalization affect growth? Evidence from a new index of globalization
Economic Growth and the Environment
Are Democracies Cleaner
Reexamining the Empirical Evidence for an Environmental Kuznets Curve
Environmental changes and violent conflict
Political-economic correlates of environmental policy
Intrastate environmental peacebuilding
International conflict and cooperation over freshwater resources
The self-selection of democracies into treaty design
International Water Cooperation and Environmental Peacemaking
Toward Environmental Democracy? Procedural Environmental Rights and Environmental Justice
What follows the storm? Research on the effect of disasters on conflict and cooperation
The Impact of Environmental Cooperation on Peacemaking
National climate policies in international comparison
The role of environmental professionals in post-conflict transboundary cooperation
Female Participation and Civil War Relapse
Bringing the median voter back in
Intrastate peace agreements and the durability of peace
Economic globalization and violent civil conflict
Sustaining the Peace
Designing Transitions from Civil War
Making and Keeping Promises
Do welfare states have lower carbon emissions? The importance of state capacity in lower-income countries
Environmental peacebuilding
Stabilizing the Peace After Civil War
National Institutions and Global Public Goods
Committing to Peace
The Importance of Un Peacekeeping Mission Orientation and Personnel for Environmental Protection
The Art of the Possible
Leviathan’s Latent Dimensions
Explaining Fixed Effects
On the Use of Two-Way Fixed Effects Regression Models for Causal Inference with Panel Data
Social exclusion, equality and the Good Friday Peace Agreement
Between Conflict and Peace
The People's Peace? Peace Agreements, Civil Society, and Participatory Democracy
Sequencing the Peace
Justice Matters
Can UN Peacekeeping Promote Environmental Quality
The Demise of Peace Treaties in Interstate War
Making and Keeping Peace
Democratic inclusiveness, climate policy outputs, and climate policy outcomes
Climate Change Politics
Climate Change and Conflict
UN Peacekeeping and Households' Well‐Being in Civil Wars
Information, Agreement Design, and the Durability of Civil War Settlements
Making the Most of Statistical Analyses
The Precarious Nature of Peace
Taking Time Seriously
Peacekeepers against Criminal Violence—Unintended Effects of Peacekeeping Operations
Implementing the Peace
Long-term environmental change and geographical patterns of violence in Darfur, 2003-2005
Armed Conflict and Peace Agreements
The Future of Environmental Peace and Conflict Research
Peace agreements and women's political rights following civil war
Security implications of climate change
Introducing PA-X
Cheap talk or costly commitment? Leader statements and the implementation of civil war peace agreements
The Fall and Rise of Peace Treaties
The past and future(s) of environmental peacebuilding
Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves
Power Over Presence
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| Highly cited | No |