WATCH: The UN Security Council held an open debate on climate and security on 24.07.2020. The debate has raised crucial points around action on climate-related...
Climate is changing everywhere, but it is people living in fragile circumstances who feel the effects most severely. Climate change and conflict continue to...
With the European Green Deal, the European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen has committed to accelerating decarbonisation in Europe as a major...
The document summarises the outcomes of an “Online Atelier” on the Future of Global Climate Action (GCA) in the UNFCCC held in May 2020. The objective of the...
On 24 July 2020, the UN Security Council met for a keynote debate to discuss the security implications of climate change impacts in a session chaired by German...
The impact of climate change is posing a growing threat to peace and security. Germany is therefore putting climate and security on the Security Council’s...
WATCH: Back in 2011, Germany set out a landmark presidential statement to the UN Security Council on climate and security. Ambassador Hinrich Thölken, who was...
This CSEN briefer outlines the different sets of tools available to the UN organs for responding to climate-security risks and offers the rationale for...
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has so far been reluctant to tackle climate change. But as climate-related impacts on security become more apparent...
Conflicts connected to water-security are often related to climate change issues. However, the link between water-scarcity-related risks and security challenges...
WATCH: After launching the Berlin Call for Action in 2019 and working to increase the momentum for decisive action to address climate-related drivers of...
Natural resources-based conflicts are sometimes made complex by non-climate push and pull factors, like unemployment and political tension. These factors should...
The first part of the 2020 Berlin Climate and Security Conference took place online on June 23 and 24, 2020, bringing together leading figures from governments...
WATCH: The High-Level Political Segment, moderated by Daniela Schwarzer of DGAP, features the following sessions: 'Why is the climate crisis a threat to...
WATCH: Climate Security Expert Network members share climate-security risk insights from affected regions and discuss context-relevant responses. Panel...
