This December, the Ganga Treaty, which for thirty years has guaranteed Bangladesh a share of dry-season flows, comes up for renewal at a difficult moment for...

Nepal floods bring renewed focus on neighbour Bhutan’s efforts to protect its economically crucial – but debt generating – hydro infrastructure and trade with...

Higher prices and unstable supply of imported oil and gas incentivise China to burn more coal in the short term. That will increase its carbon emissions. But in...

Developing countries are mobilising more and more climate finance but neglecting their lowest-income peers.

When climate change enters global conversations, attention often turns to melting glaciers and catastrophic storms. Yet, beneath these headlines lies a deeper...

Eighty-three million internally displaced persons fall outside the world's main binding protection treaty. Climate change is adding millions more.

Conflicts between farmers and herders, more precisely between pastoral, agro-pastoral and agricultural communities, arise when land uses and livelihoods compete...

A law signed by the Trump administration could boost global crypto demand, increasing pressure on hydropower-rich countries like Brazil and Paraguay.

Environmental experts are warning that the ongoing war in the Gulf region is likely to leave a legacy of severe and long-lasting environmental damage, extending...

Syria's environmental recovery remains an "entirely unanswered question" — and the stakes could not be higher. More trees are still being cut down than...

Responsibility for climate-related security risks falls to different institutions within the United Nations system. In recent years, progress has been made to...