Climate Change and Socio-political Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Anthropocene

Jean Chrysostome K. Kiyala (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer at the International Centre of Nonviolence in the Faculty of Management Sciences, Durban University of Technology (DUT), South Africa; Associate Professor and visiting lecturer at the University of Bandundu, Evangelical University in Africa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the University of Seychelles (Seychelles). He holds a PhD in Management Sciences specialising in Public Administration: Peace Studies, from DUT. His specialisations include child soldiers, restorative justice, transitional justice, post-conflict reconciliation and nation-building, civil society, peacebuilding and peace ecology.
Norman Chivasa is currently a lecturer in the Department of Peace, Security and Society at the University of Zimbabwe after serving as a Research Associate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Postdoctoral Fellow at Durban University of Technology (DUT), South Africa. He holds a Masters in Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and a PhD in Management Sciences Specialising in Public Administration: Peace Studies, from DUT. His research focuses on community peacebuilding and informal infrastructures for peace

Chapter 1: Introduction to Climate Change, Violence and Sustainable Development in the Anthropocene.- Chapter 2:Climate Change and Climate Wars in the Anthropocene: Expectations from Environmental Peacebuilding Towards Sustainable Development.- Chapter 3: Environmental Conflicts, Peace and Security in the Lake Chad Region in Central Africa.- Chapter 4: Climate Change-Induced West Africa: Conflict-Sensitive Adaptation Perspectives.- Chapter 5: The Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in the Anthropocene: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies in Southern Africa.- Chapter 6: Drought, the War in Europe and its Impacts on Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa, East Africa.- Chapter 7: Climate Change and Its Implications on Food Security In The Great Lakes Region.- Chapter 8:Climate Change, Food Insecurity, Peace and Sustainable Development in East Africa: Case Study of South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya.- Chapter 9: Gender, A Global Ecological Challenge to Peace in The Anthropocene: Women in Environmental Justice.- Chapter 10: Non-Military Threats and Structural Violence In South Africa And Zimbabwe: Did The Covid-19 Pandemic Practically Unmask a Long-Known Reality?.- Chapter 11: Community-based Early Warning Mechanisms to Address Machete Violence in the Artisanal Mining Areas in Zimbabwe.- Chapter 12: Mapping the Conflict Between Street Vendors and Harare City Council: Towards Building Peace in Zimbabwe.- Chapter 13: Youths in War in a Post-Colonial State and Revolving Use of Child Soldiers: Perspectives from The Democratic Republic of Congo.- Chapter 14: Rethinking Peace: Some Reflections on The Imaginary Nature of Contemporary Peace Model.- Chapter 15: Inequality, Unemployment and Poverty in the COVID-19 era in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.- Chapter 16: Sustainable Development in South Africa in the Anthropocene in the Post-Covid-19 Era.- Chapter 17: Civil Society-Community Partnership for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development in Ward 7 of ChiviDistrict (Masvingo Province), Zimbabwe.- Chapter 18:Peace, Security and Sustainable Development Goals in Zimbabwe.- Chapter 19: The Nexus Approach in Relation to Climate Action and Planetary Integrity: Delimiting SDG13 Relative to Accelerating Sustainable Development in Africa.- Chapter 20: Social Climate, Social Capital and Social Good in Sub-Saharan African Countries: Implications for Sustainable Development.- Chapter 21: Occupational Health and Safety of Artisanal Miners in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo: A problem for Goals 3 and 8 of Sustainable Development Goals.- Chapter 22: Setting African Higher Education Agendas that tackle Global Sustainability and SDGs.- Chapter 23: Russia's War in Ukraine: Impacts on Ecology, Energy Market, Food Security and Sustainable Development.- Chapter 24: Child Soldiering Justice and Peacebuilding: A Dialectic Analysis of Conventional Criminal Justice System and African Indigenous Jurisprudence.- Chapter 25: Honour Culture and Rape Denialism in the Southern Sudanese Culture: A Response from Ubuntu Restorative Justice.- Chapter 26: Effects of State Capturing Truth and reconciliation Commissions in Zimbabwe on of Sustainable Development.- Chapter 27: Handling Indiscipline Involving Children at Home and Schools: A Restorative Justice Perspective to Unlearn Violent Behaviours in Zimbabwe.- Chapter 28: Schools as Agents of Change: Effects of peacebuilding via Restorative Circles in Mbambangwe High School.- Chapter 29: Peace-Building Processes to Address Xenophobia in South Africa.- Chapter 30: State and Civil Society-Led Peace Committees in Zimbabwe.- Chapter 31:Personal Identity and Peacebuilding: A Critical Reflection.