This analysis brings the impact of COVID-19 on existing peacebuilding initiatives into focus. Drawing on the previous UN peacebuilding review in 2015, this analysis reflects on what remains unchanged in the five year since, the increasing impact of climate change on people’s lives and the subsequent need for bolstering local peace capacities, the insufficient involvement of local peacebuilders in the identification of needs and designing of results frameworks, and the multiple ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated responses will impact peacebuilding programmes, including its financing, for a projected 12-24 months. Read more.