Although Nepal’s overall security situation has improved considerably and is stable, important underlying drivers and structural causes of conflict still exist...
The International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) has released a new report urging leaders to make climate change a “security priority” in the...
Over the past 15 years, climate-related risks to peace and stability have risen fast up the European agenda. This report explores the extent to which this...
State fragility, often related to the expansion of organised crime and human rights violations, has contributed towards elevated rates of violence across Latin...
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...
For the past four decades, Afghanistan has suffered from the devastating impacts of constant armed conflict. Conflicts have increased Afghanistan’s already high...
WATCH: Colombia’s longstanding internal conflict and the country’s contribution to climate change share one common root cause: land concentration. Policies to...
This primer explains the current situation concerning the United Kingdom’s food supply and how this is likely to change in the medium and long term as a result...
In order to help address escalating violence, UN Environment has launched the UN Initiative for Environmental Defenders. This brief analyses the initiative and...
WATCH: France is increasingly looking into climate and security risks, partly because they manifest in regions of key French interest such as the Pacific...
WATCH: Japanese foreign policy sees climate change as a severe threat to peace and security. In this interview, Tomoaki Ishigaki from the Ministry of Foreign...
Climate change in Afghanistan is not an uncertain, “potential” future risk but a very real, present threat— whose impacts have already been felt by millions of...
The European Union presented its new strategy for resilience building, aiming to move from crisis containment to a more structural and long-term approach to...
There has been a surge in international migration in recent years, reaching a total of 244 million individuals in 2015. Forced displacement has also reached a...
Based on the outcomes of the Planetary Security Conference 2016, the Planetary Security Initiative has published this 6-page policy brief outlining what the EU...
To facilitate a broader discussion on climate-fragility risks in Japan and reflect and discuss the findings of the G7 report and its implications and relevance...
This paper provides some initial reflections on climate-fragility risks for Japan. To complement this analysis, the paper also presents findings from a...
Japan needs to consider climate risks beyond its borders. Climate change impacts globally and in the Asia-Pacific region will affect Japan’s food security, the...
This briefing paper, in particular, starts by outlining some of the most important climate-fragility risks in Asia. Against this backdrop, the results of an...