One of the challenges to peace is the reality of changing climatic conditions. Agriculture and water resources will be greatly impacted. The United Nations expects a rising number of environmental ___. We are already seeing this phenomenon, for example along the India/Bangladesh border.

Peace studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that draws on political science, sociology, history, anthropology, theology, psychology, philosophy, and other fields to:

understand the causes of armed conflict;
develop ways to prevent and resolve war, genocide, terrorism, gross violations of human rights; and
build peaceful and just systems and societies.