Water tenure considers all types of water uses, including those that are not formally recognized by law. A major challenge to improving sustainable water use...
Conflict-ridden and fragile countries are among the most vulnerable to climate change and least prepared to deal with it. They are largely excluded from climate...
The world’s water is in trouble. Freshwater pollution, coupled with climate change, population growth, and increasing demand, threatens water quality and...
It has been more than one year since the gavel came down at the last UN biodiversity summit, where almost every country in the world agreed on a plan to protect...
Climate finance for fragile and conflict-affected contexts continues to fall short. Although extreme weather events affect three times as many people in fragile...
The European Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA) report builds on and complements the existing knowledge base on climate impacts and risks for Europe, including...
Europe needs to take immediate action to address the rapidly increasing climate challenges, the EU’s environment agency said in its first European Climate Risk...
The EU’s law to restore nature was recently given the green light by the European parliament. The long-awaited “nature restoration” law aims to repair the EU’s...
This paper lists existing guidance notes on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in conflict contexts, as well as outlines key lessons to successfully implement NbS in...
The intensity and visibility of wartime environmental damage in Ukraine has helped focus attention on who is collecting data, and for what purpose. On the...
The hard-fought resolution, which was proposed by Ukraine, is the assembly’s third and potentially most impactful text on the environmental dimensions of armed...
This practical toolkit provides guidance for implementing partners, USAID staff, and other stakeholders who support the Global Water Strategy and White House...
The methodology and guidance was developed to facilitate risk-informed planning, enhance capacity for action and improve operational responses that promote...
The Building Trust, Securing Future: Climate Finance for Peace meeting, co-hosted by adelphi and the Permanent Missions of the Republic of Slovenia, Kenya...
The 27th UN Climate Conference concluded with the groundbreaking agreement to establish a new loss and damage (L&D) fund, which aims to enable vulnerable...
This paper reviews the empirical evidence of how economic, social, political, legal, environmental, demographic, and military-strategic factors influence the...
Numerous global reforestation efforts are underway, but research suggests getting long-term benefits is harder than it looks, and some projects can do more harm...
The 2023 United Nations World Water Development Report on Partnerships and Cooperation assesses the nature and role of partnerships and cooperation among...
There cannot be climate action without water action. The acknowledgement of this at this year’s UN Water Conference could represent a "once in a generation...