adelphi global and the German Federal Foreign Office first formed an alliance over a decade ago and have since been playing a central role in the process of...
Extreme weather events already displace more people each year than all the world’s conflicts combined. Climate change will alter both existing migration...
Food insecurity and environmental degradation are a challenge to health and livelihoods. They can destabilise communities, drive displacement, and undermine...
Water is indispensable: we need it to live. No substitute for freshwater exists and it is scarce in many regions. Simultaneously, much of it transcends state...
Changes induced by impacts of the climate crisis converge with other global pressures – including population growth, uncontrolled urbanisation, increased demand...
Throughout recent history, governments have competed with each other to secure access to mineral resources, especially oil and gas. Energy trading relationships...
As climate risks cross geographic and political borders, climate diplomacy is a policy area where building international cooperation and working together on the...
The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century – the geopolitical consequences are substantial. As things stand, we are on course for...
Africa in general, and the Sahel in particular, is often identified as the region where climate change is most likely to undermine security and trigger violent...
In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), climate change is affecting specific areas in different ways. This publication explores how climate contributes to...
Millions of people across Sub-Saharan Africa could face grave hunger in the first half of 2020 because of armed conflict, political instability and climate...
Despite its benefits, environmental peacebuilding can negatively affect development, chip away at environmental protection, and erode peace. In new study...
Australia is currently experiencing one of its worst bushfire seasons, with swathes of the southern and eastern coastal regions having been ablaze for weeks. ...
WATCH: Carola Van Rijnsoever, Director of Inclusive Green Growth and Ambassador for Sustainable Development at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the...
Mary Potts is a Consultant in the Climate Diplomacy and Security Programme at adelphi. With a background in climate policy, particularly in carbon offsetting...
WATCH: Beyond its tangible effects on the natural world, climate change also sets limits on economic growth and social development. Elliot Harris, Assistant...
South Asia is one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable regions. Many countries in the region lack the resources and capacities needed to cope with the...
The latest climate talks unravelled when parties failed to reach consensus on the global carbon market mandated by the Paris Agreement. The carbon market...
This year’s annual UN climate conference, COP25 in Madrid, became the longest on record when it concluded after lunch on Sunday, following more than two weeks...
Climate change is the single greatest threat to the livelihood, security and well-being of Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The threat is...
