More than 11,300 people are confirmed to have died in the floods that struck eastern Libya on early September. Humanitarian aid deliveries and rescue missions...
Heavily reliant on fossil fuel exports for revenue, Libya has one of the world’s highest exposures to fluctuations in global oil prices. This creates particular...
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany declares Federal Climate Protection Act partially unconstitutional and strengthens protection of fundamental rights of...
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is considered a climate-security hotspot due to its natural water scarcity, low levels of socio-ecological...
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...
Africa in general, and the Sahel in particular, is often identified as the region where climate change is most likely to undermine security and trigger violent...
Originally planned as a demonstration against fuel tax hikes, the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) revolts have sparked national and global debates. Some view the...
French environment minister Nicolas Hulot has resigned live on national radio in a surprise move that will come as a blow to president Emmanuel Macron’s green...
Climate change threatens conflict and poverty in the Arab region, according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP). In a report published last week, the agency...
As the so-called Islamic State loses control over the areas it once occupied, it is leaving behind a toxic legacy. The initial findings of a scoping mission...
The Syrian crisis and the multi-year drought that preceded it have become emblematic of contemporary discussions about the possible security implications of...
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...
On 12 May 2016, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) through its Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) launched its annual publication “The Global...
This publication sheds light on the multitude of international cooperative initiatives (ICIs) which are underway outside the formal UNFCCC negotiating process.
A contribution from guest writer Mohammad Bundokji, EcoPeace Middle East, on the compound climate-fragility risks arising from water scarcity, energy...
Migrants and Syrian refugees have become the new 'stranded polar bear' of climate change imagery. But most such impacts will seldom be so dramatic or camera...
Global attention is understandably focused on Syrian refugees, but the migration crisis in Europe is part of a bigger trend that climate and social scientists...
One of the last biodiversity hotspots in Europe was also backdrop to one of its last violent conflicts and now home to its newest nation states. The Prokletije...