Land Grabbing, and Gender, Social and Security Dimensions of Climate Change
The international NGO GRAIN, which works to support small farmers and social movements in their struggle to build community-controlled and biodiversity-based food systems, has launched the blog "Food Crisis and the Global Land Grab". It contains comprehensive information about the global rush to buy up or lease farmlands abroad as a strategy to secure basic food supplies or simply turn a profit. The blog serves as a resource for those monitoring or researching the issue.
To expand the body of literature on the gender differentiated impacts of climate change, the Heinrich Böll Foundation commissioned four case studies examining the connections between Climate Change and Gender. The conclusions and recommendations of these case studies—conducted in South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia—are part of a regional summary.
In February, a new European research project called "CLICO – Climate Change, Water Conflict and Human Security" was launched to study climate change and its social dimensions. Researchers from 14 institutes are analysing the effects that drought, flooding and rising sea level have on social tension and conflicts in 11 regions of the Mediterranean, Maghreb, Middle East and Sahel. They will then recommend actions to promote peace and security.
The study "Shifting Bases, Shifting Perils - A Scoping Study on Security Implications of Climate in the OSCE Region and Beyond", published by Adelphi Research in cooperation with Chatham House and CIMERA aims at reviewing the state of debate in research on climate change and security, identifying potential security implications, assessing current activities, and outlining initial recommendations to the OSCE.
To expand the body of literature on the gender differentiated impacts of climate change, the Heinrich Böll Foundation commissioned four case studies examining the connections between Climate Change and Gender. The conclusions and recommendations of these case studies—conducted in South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia—are part of a regional summary.
In February, a new European research project called "CLICO – Climate Change, Water Conflict and Human Security" was launched to study climate change and its social dimensions. Researchers from 14 institutes are analysing the effects that drought, flooding and rising sea level have on social tension and conflicts in 11 regions of the Mediterranean, Maghreb, Middle East and Sahel. They will then recommend actions to promote peace and security.
The study "Shifting Bases, Shifting Perils - A Scoping Study on Security Implications of Climate in the OSCE Region and Beyond", published by Adelphi Research in cooperation with Chatham House and CIMERA aims at reviewing the state of debate in research on climate change and security, identifying potential security implications, assessing current activities, and outlining initial recommendations to the OSCE.
Published in: ECC-Newsletter, April 2010