While natural resource development can generate economic success, it can also increase the likelihood of conflict, particularly in Africa. Ongoing violence in...
On June 3rd 2016, the European Union joined six of its Member States and 14 other countries – including China and the United States – and became the 21st member...
This publication sheds light on the multitude of international cooperative initiatives (ICIs) which are underway outside the formal UNFCCC negotiating process.
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...
Although climate projections for Egypt indicate significant adverse impacts, the topic of climate change is politically avoided. One reason for this is the...
Fragility risks in Lebanon are increasing due to growing internal and external pressures. Spill-over economic and social effects of the Syrian conflict...
Syria is a warning sign of the crises to come. It gives us an important lesson on the links between livelihood insecurity, climate change and fragility. However...
The European Environment Agency (EEA) published today a series of interactive maps, illustrating various climate threats European cities face as well as cities’...
Jordan remains one of the few stable countries in the Middle-East. Yet, the underlying economic issues that led to protests associated with the Arab Spring and...
Several studies have pointed to a link between climate change and the civil war in Syria, which started in 2011 and is still ongoing. The direct causes of the...