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...
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...
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...
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...
The new report, published today by the OSCE and adelphi, assesses climate-related security risks in the Shar/Šara Mountains and Korab Massif area and finds the...
This report aims to provide a support tool for the humanitarian and development community to guide their understanding of existing data-driven methodologies in...
This is the third edition of the Ecological Threat Report (ETR), which analyses ecological threats in 228 independent states and territories. Produced by the...
Today we face the double, interlinked emergencies of human-induced climate change and the loss of biodiversity, threatening the well-being of current and future...
An updated guide to the intergovernmental negotiations taking place in December 2022 in Montreal, Canada, that have a crucial role to play in halting...