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  • Global Issues
  • Security
  • The nature of conflict and peace: The links between environment, security and peace and their importance for the United Nations

    Report cover WWF nature conflict peace

    A new report by WWF and adelphi looks at the complex nexus between nature and security. The report outlines four pathways through which environmental...

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  • Global Issues
  • Land and Food
  • Silence on land degradation when alarms should be sounding

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    The UN Convention to Combat Desertification has long been the poor relation of environmental conventions, but the problems are now too vast to ignore at COP15...

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  • Asia
  • Forests and Biodiversity
  • Environment ignored as Myanmar struggles with coup

    Dawei, Myanmar, water, cow
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    The military takeover in Myanmar has put a halt to many environmental programmes that were starting to produce results.

    Inguri Dam, Georgia
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  • Global Issues
  • Energy
  • Dam accounting: taking stock of methane emissions from reservoirs

    Inguri Dam, Georgia
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    Mounting studies highlight greenhouse gas emissions from reservoirs, and now a coalition of environmental groups has called for regulatory action.

    Child, sign, paint, demonstration, Peru, Escazu
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  • Latin America and Caribbean
  • Civil Society
  • Chile hosts first summit on the Escazú Agreement

    Child, sign, paint, demonstration, Peru, Escazu
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    Representatives of government and civil society will meet in Santiago to advance the implementation of the historic environmental accord weeks after President...

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  • Global Issues
  • Water
  • Water is the new carbon

    peat, plant, water, Norway
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    Global water security is increasingly threatened. Accounting for water use and risk ought to have the same urgency with which we address carbon.

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  • Europe
  • Energy
  • Carbon Brief profile: France

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    In this country profile, Carbon Brief examines the state of climate and energy policies in France, a major emitter that nevertheless relies on fossil fuels less...

    Majuli, Assam, India, Brahmaputra, river, nature, water
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  • Asia
  • Migration and Displacement
  • Despite repeated disasters in Assam, many have no desire to migrate

    Majuli, Assam, India, Brahmaputra, river, nature, water
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    Most victims of climate-related disasters do not want to leave their homes and communities, and many develop new livelihoods and coping strategies – yet this is...

    energy, power plant, smoke, pollution, sunset, orange sky
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  • Global Issues
  • Sustainable Transformation
  • IPCC report calls for ‘immediate and deep’ carbon cuts to slow climate change

    energy, power plant, smoke, pollution, sunset, orange sky
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    A new report from the IPCC finds that the world could face a more than 3° Celsius increase in the global average temperature over pre-industrial levels based on...

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  • Latin America and Caribbean
  • Land and Food
  • The pros and cons of using biotechnology in crops

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    Biotechnology can aid conventional agriculture in major food producing countries such as Argentina by incorporating genetic material into crops. But its use is...

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  • Asia
  • Land and Food
  • Unfarmed now. Uninhabited when? Agriculture and climate change in Iraq

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    Small-scale farmers in Iraq are among the most affected groups in Iraq by climate change and water scarcity. With the reduction of rainfall and soaring...

    Warship, Crimea, Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Russia
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  • Europe
  • Water
  • War in Ukraine lengthens list of violent acts over water

    Warship, Crimea, Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Russia
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    The destruction of a dam across the North Crimean Canal is the most recent entry in the Water Conflict Chronology, a compendium of violent acts related to water...

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  • Global Issues
  • Adaptation and Resilience
  • Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

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    The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report assesses the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human...

    Nairobi, Kenya, city, buildings
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  • Global Issues
  • Climate Diplomacy
  • What you need to know about the UN Environment Assembly

    Nairobi, Kenya, city, buildings
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    In the lead-up to the resumed fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5), UNEP provides background on the world’s foremost environmental decision...

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  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Water
  • State of the River Nile Basin

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    The State of the River Nile Basin Report (SOB) 2021 for the Nile River provides a knowledge basis for transboundary water resource management. Building on the...

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  • Global Issues
  • Land and Food
  • State of the climate: How the world warmed in 2021

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    The climate data for 2021 is now mostly in, and it has proved to be another noteworthy year across the oceans, atmosphere, cryosphere and surface temperature of...

    Illegal logging, forest, National Tapajos Rubber Tree Forest, Brazil
    © Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo
  • Global Issues
  • Forests and Biodiversity
  • Why illegal deforestation should be treated as a security issue

    Illegal logging, forest, National Tapajos Rubber Tree Forest, Brazil
    © Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo

    In this article, the authors examine the links between deforestation and security, charting a way forward for policymakers, law enforcement and the multilateral...

    EmissionsGap21_COVER
  • Global Issues
  • Emissions Gap Report 2021

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    With climate change intensifying and scientists warning that humanity is running out of time to limit global warming to 1.5°C over pre-industrial levels, 2021...

    river, water, boat, niger, africa
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  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Water
  • Niger’s Kandadji Dam project: conflict concerns

    river, water, boat, niger, africa
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    The Kandadji Dam project in Niger is projected to displace about 38,000 people living near the Niger River due to the ongoing activities. Focusing only on the...

    ETR-2021-web-COVER
  • Global Issues
  • Early Warning and Risk Analysis
  • Ecological Threat Report 2021

    ETR-2021-web-COVER

    This second edition of the IEP Ecological Threat Report (ETR) assesses threats relating to food risk, water risk, rapid population growth, temperature anomalies...

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