David Jensen

Contributing Expert

• UNCTAD. 2024. Digital Economy Report: Shaping an Environmentally Sustainable and Inclusive Digital Future. Geneva, Switzerland.
• UNEP. 2024. Digital Public Infrastructure for Environmental Sustainability. Geneva, Switzerland.
• One Planet Network, Metabolic Institute, and CODES. 2023. Harnessing Digital Technologies for the Circular Economy: A Critical Path on Technologies, Challenges and Urgently Needed Enabling Solutions. Paris, France.
• GEF Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel. 2018. Environmental Security: Dimensions and Priorities. GEF and UNEP. Washington, DC, US.
• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Fetzer Institute. 2011. Environmental Pathways to Peace. Washington, DC, US.

Coordinator

• UNEP and the Environmental Peacebuilding Association. 2024. Digital Technologies for Environmental Peacebuilding: Horizon Scanning of Opportunities and Risks. Nairobi, Kenya / Switzerland.
• Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES) and the United Nations Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology. 2022. Action Plan for a Sustainable Planet in the Digital Age. New York, US.
• Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES) and the United Nations Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology. 2022. Accelerating Sustainability through Digital Transformation: Use Cases and Innovations — Supplement No. 1 to the CODES Action Plan. New York, US.
• Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES) and the United Nations Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology. 2022. Mapping Global and Regional Stakeholders Working on Digital Sustainability — Supplement No. 2 to the CODES Action Plan. New York, US.
• Jensen, D., Kishore, S., and the Digital Transformation Task Force. 2022. UNEP Digital Transformations Annual Report: Becoming an Innovative, Agile and Collaborative Organization, Fit for Purpose in the Digital Age. United Nations Environment Programme. Nairobi, Kenya.
• Jensen, D., Kishore, S., Koroleva, P., and the Digital Transformation Task Force. 2022. UNEP Digital Transformation Strategy: Becoming an Innovative, Agile and Collaborative Organization, Fit for Purpose in the Digital Age. United Nations Environment Programme. Nairobi, Kenya.
• Jensen, D. and S. Lonergan (eds). 2012. Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources in Post-conflict Peacebuilding: Edited Volume. Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group. Oxfordshire, UK.
• Jensen, D. and S. Lonergan (eds). 2012. Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources in Post-conflict Peacebuilding: Policy Brief. United Nations Environment Programme. Geneva, Switzerland.

Author / Co-Author

• Jensen, D. and A. Kron. 2022. “UN Environment’s Contribution to the Emerging Field of Environmental Peacebuilding: Key Policy Milestones and Lessons Learned” (Chapter 25). In Routledge Handbook of Environmental Security (eds. R. Matthew, E. Nizkorodov, & C. Murphy). Taylor & Francis. Oxford, UK.
• Bruch, C., Jensen, D. and M. Emma. 2022. “Defining Environmental Peacebuilding” (Chapter 2). In Routledge Handbook of Environmental Security (eds. R. Matthew, E. Nizkorodov, & C. Murphy). Taylor & Francis. Oxford, UK.
• Jensen, D. and A. Kron. 2020. “Environmental Peacebuilding and the United Nations” (Chapter 10). In Routledge Handbook of Environmental Conflict and Peacebuilding (eds. A. Swain & J. Öjendal). Taylor & Francis. Oxford, UK.
• Jensen, D. and M. Nachmany. 2020. UNEP’s contribution to Round Table 1B on Digital Public Goods: Environmental Data as Digital Public Goods Within a Digital Ecosystem for the Planet. United Nations Environment Programme. Geneva, Switzerland.
• Moomen, A., Lacroix, P., Bertolotto, M., and D. Jensen. 2020. "The Drive towards Consensual Perspectives for Enhancing Sustainable Mining". Resources. 9. 147. Basel, Switzerland.
• Jensen, D. and J. Campbell. 2019. Discussion paper: The Case for a Digital Ecosystem for the Environment. UN Science-Policy-Business Forum. Nairobi, Kenya.
• Jensen, D. and J. Campbell. 2019. Guest Article: The Case for a Digital Ecosystem for the Environment. International Institute for Sustainable Development. Geneva, Switzerland.
• Bruch, C., Jensen, D., Nakayama, M., and J. Unruh. (2019). The Changing Nature of Conflict, Peacebuilding, and Environmental Cooperation. Environmental Law Reporter. 49. 10134-10154. Washington, DC, US.
• Lacroix, P., Moser, F., Benvenuti, A., Piller, T., Jensen, D., Petersen, I., Planque, M., and N. Ray. 2019. MapX: an Open Geospatial Platform to Manage, Analyze and Visualize Data on Natural Resources and the Environment.” SoftwareX.
• Ray, N., Lacroix, P., Giuliani, G., Upla, P., Rajabifard, A., and D. Jensen. 2016. “Open Spatial Data Infrastructures for the Sustainable Development of the Extractives Sector: Promises and Challenges” (Chapter 4). In Spatial Enablement in a Smart World (eds. D. Coleman, A. Rajabifard, and J. Crompvoets). Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI) Press. Reston, VA, USA.
• Jensen, D., Upla, P., and S. Brown. 2016. Environmental Cooperation for Peacebuilding Programme: Final Report 2016. United Nations Environment Programme. Geneva, Switzerland.
• Jensen, D., Upla, P., and S. Brown. 2015. Addressing the Role of Natural Resources in Conflict and Peacebuilding: A Summary of Progress from UNEP’s Environmental Cooperation for Peacebuilding Programme. United Nations Environment Programme. Geneva, Switzerland.
• Brown, M., Grzybowski, A., Jensen, D., and J. Lianna Kaye. 2015. Natural Resources and Conflict. A Guide for Mediation Practitioners. United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva, and United Nations Department of Political Affairs. New York, USA.
• Jensen, D., Boyer, G., Stork, A., and L. Specker. 2013. Sustaining Peace and Security: The Role of Natural Resources in Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Programmes. United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva, and UNDP, New York, USA.
• Jensen, D., Lehtonen, M., and E. McCandless. 2013. UN Development Group: Guidance Note on Addressing Natural Resources in Post-conflict Transitional Settings (UNDG with UNEP). United Nations. New York, USA.
• Jensen, D. and S. Lonergan. 2012. Natural Resources and Post-conflict Assessment, Remediation, Restoration and Reconstruction: Lessons and Emerging Issues. In Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources in Post-conflict Peacebuilding (eds. D. Jensen & S. Lonergan). Earthscan. London, UK.
• Jensen, D. 2012. Evaluating the Impact of UNEP’s Post-conflict Environmental Assessments. In Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources in Post-conflict Peacebuilding (eds. D. Jensen and S. Lonergan). Earthscan. London, UK.
• Jensen, D., Lonergan, S., and J. Lianna Kaye. 2012. UN-EU Guidance Note: Managing and Preventing Conflicts over Renewable Resources (UNEP with EU-UN Partnership on Land, Natural Resources and Conflict). United Nations. New York, USA.
• Bruch, C., Boulicault, M., Talati, S., and D. Jensen. 2012. International Law, Natural Resources and Post-conflict Peacebuilding: From Rio to Rio+20 and Beyond. Review of European Community and International Environmental Law (RECIEL) 21(1). Blackwell Publishers. Oxford, UK.
• Bruch, C., Boulicault, M., Talati, S., and D. Jensen. 2012.Peacebuilding and Natural Resources. The Environmental Forum Vol. 29 Number 4. 48-55.Washington, DC, US.
• Jensen, D., Blazevic, I., and A. Vialle. 2012. Greening the Blue Helmets: Environment, Natural Resources and UN Peacekeeping Operations. United Nations Environment Programme. Geneva, Switzerland.
• Hamro-Drotz, D., Jensen, D., B. Mourad, Quesada, P., Kirsch-Wood, J., and K. Warner. 2011. Livelihood Security: Climate Change, Conflict and Migration in the Sahel. United Nations Environment Programme. Geneva, Switzerland.
• Bothe, M., Bruch, C., Diamond, J., and D. Jensen. 2010. International Law Protecting the Environment During Armed Conflict: Gaps and Opportunities. International Review of the Red Cross 92(879). Geneva, Switzerland.
• Bruch, C., Mrema, E., Diamond, J., Jensen, D., and S. Halle. 2009. Protecting the Environment During Armed Conflict: An Inventory and Analysis of International Law. United Nations Environment Programme. Geneva, Switzerland.
• Matthew, R., Brown, O., and D. Jensen. 2009. From Conflict to Peacebuilding: The Role of Natural Resources and the Environment. United Nations Environment Programme. Geneva, Switzerland.
• Jensen, D. 2009. From Conflict to Peacebuilding: UNEP’s Role in Environmental Assessment and Recovery. Environmental Change and Security Programme Report, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and USAID, Issue 13. Washington, D.C., USA.
• Jensen, D., Bennett, J., and R. Sexton. 2009. Guidance Note on Addressing Environmental Issues. Post-Conflict Needs Assessment and Transitional Results Framework Toolkit. United Nations Development Group. New York, USA.
• Bruch, C., Jensen, D., Nakayama, M., Unruh, J., Gruby, R., and R. Wolfarth. 2009. Post-conflict Peacebuilding and Natural Resources. Yearbook of International Environmental Law 19. Oxford University Press. Oxford, UK.
• Jensen, D. 2008. Environmental Needs in Post-crisis Assessment and Recovery. In From Early Warning to Early Action: Developing the EU’s Response to Crisis and Longer-term Threats (ed. A. Ricci). EC Directorate-General for External Relations (DG RELEX). Brussels, Belgium.
• Jensen, D., Partow, H., and C. Aoki. 2005. The Destruction of Iraq’s Wetlands and Impacts to Biodiversity. In State of the Wild: A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans (Volume 1). Wildlife Conservation Society. Island Press. Washington, D.C., USA.
• Jensen, D., and M. Van Eeden. 2004. The Environmental Dimensions of Post-conflict Recovery. In The Optimist Magazine. Green Cross International. Geneva, Switzerland.
• Jones, T., Jensen, D., Brooke, R., and P. Rinne. 2003. Desk Study on the Environment in Iraq. United Nations Environment Programme. Geneva, Switzerland.
• Jensen, D., Davis, T., Groombridge, B., Bennett, J., Rinne, P., and P. Haavisto. 2003. Afghanistan: Post-conflict Environmental Assessment. United Nations Environment Programme. Geneva, Switzerland.
• Barnes, I., Matheus, P., Shapiro, B., Jensen, D., and A. Cooper. 2002. Dynamics of Population Extinctions in Brown Bears. Science. Issue 295. Washington, D.C., USA.

Series Editor

• UNEP Policy Series on the Environmental Dimensions of Disasters and Conflicts (2009–2024) — Series editors: David Jensen and Silja Halle. United Nations Environment Programme. Geneva, Switzerland.

  • Sequero, A.M., Zia, A., Bruch, C., Jensen, D., and S. Halle. 2024. Digital Technologies for Environmental Peacebuilding: Horizon Scanning of Opportunities and Risks.United Nations Environment Programme and the Environmental Peacebuilding Association. Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Brown, M., Grzybowski, A., Jensen, D., and J. Lianna Kaye. 2015. Natural Resources and Conflict. A Guide for Mediation Practitioners. United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva, and United Nations Department of Political Affairs. New York, USA.
  • Halle, S., Stork, A., Boyer, G., Brinkman, H., Goetz, A.M., and C. Travis. 2013. Women and Natural Resources: Unlocking the Peacebuilding Potential. United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office and United Nations Development Programme. New York, USA.
  • Jensen, D., Boyer, G., Stork, A., and L. Specker. 2013. Sustaining Peace and Security: The Role of Natural Resources in Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Programmes. United Nations Environment Programme and United Nations Development Programme. New York, USA.
  • Jensen, D., Blazevic, I., and A. Vialle. 2012. Greening the Blue Helmets: Environment, Natural Resources and UN Peacekeeping Operations. United Nations Environment Programme. Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Bruch, C., Mrema, E., Diamond, J., Jensen, D., and S. Halle. 2009. Protecting the Environment During Armed Conflict: An Inventory and Analysis of International Law. United Nations Environment Programme. Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Matthew, R., Brown, O., and D. Jensen. 2009. From Conflict to Peacebuilding: The Role of Natural Resources and the Environment. United Nations Environment Programme. Geneva, Switzerland.
• Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Management: Six volume set (2012–2016) — Series editors: Carl Bruch, David Jensen, Mikiyasu Nakayama, and Jon Unruh. Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group.

  • Governance, Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding (2016). Book editors: Carl Bruch, Carroll Muffett, and Sandra Nichols. Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group. Oxfordshire, UK.
  • Livelihoods, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding (2015). Book editors: Helen Young and Lisa Goldmans. Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group. Oxfordshire, UK.
  • Water and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding (2014). Book editors: Erika Weinthal, Jessica J. Troell, Mikiyasu Nakayama. Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group. Oxfordshire, UK.
  • Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding (2013). Book editors: Jon Unruh and Rhodri Williams. Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group. Oxfordshire, UK.
  • Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources In Post-Conflict Peacebuilding (2012). Book editors: David Jensen and Stephen Lonergan. Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group. Oxfordshire, UK.
  • High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding (2012). Book editors: Päivi Lujala and Siri Aas Rustad. Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group. Oxfordshire, UK.

Blogs

• Jensen, D. and K. Bakker. 2020. Are These the 20 Top Multi-stakeholder Processes in 2020 to Advance a Digital Ecosystem for the Planet? See also Annex 1: Detailed List. Medium
• Jensen, D. and K. Bakker. 2020. Are These the 20 Top Priorities in 2020 for a Digital Ecosystem for Earth? See also Annex 1: Detailed List. Medium
• Campbell, J. and D. Jensen. 2019. The Promise and Peril of a Digital Ecosystem for the Planet. Medium
• Petersen, I., Jensen, D., and O. Deme. 2016. EITI Case Study on MapX: Addressing the Challenges of EITI Mainstreaming: Observations from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Oslo, Norway.
• Petersen, I., Jensen, D., and O. Deme. 2016. There are no Shortcuts to Establishing Trust Between Extractive Industries Stakeholders.” World Bank Blog: Governance of the Extractive Industries. Washington, DC, USA.
• Morton, A., and D. Jensen. 2007. Managing Environmental Issues: A Case for Substantive Reform. Forced Migration Review, Issue 29 (Humanitarian Reform: Fulfilling its Promise?). Refugee Studies Center, University of Oxford. Oxford, UK.