This fact sheet, produced by NUPI and SIPRI under the Climate-related Peace and Security Risks project, examines how unpredictable and extreme weather events...
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...
The Sudan State of the Environment and Outlook Report 2020 is the first of its kind to comprehensively take stock of the condition of the country’s environment...
In Sudan, the term ‘climate war’ has often been used to draw a direct causal link between climate change and conflict. In reality, these conflicts are far more...
Although Nepal’s overall security situation has improved considerably and is stable, important underlying drivers and structural causes of conflict still exist...
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...
This risk brief from the Climate Security Expert Network outlines the linkages between climate change and security in Mali and their implications for peace and...
As the EU revisits and updates its climate adaptation strategy and deals with fast-changing external relations, it is essential that policy-makers consider the...
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...
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...
Ethiopia is a key security player in the Horn of Africa: while the country can act as an important catalyst for peace, it can also be a significant source of...
For the past four decades, Afghanistan has suffered from the devastating impacts of constant armed conflict. Conflicts have increased Afghanistan’s already high...
A new report released in May by Displacement Solutions and Yangon-based Ecodev urges the government of Myanmar to immediately establish a Myanmar National...
Lake Chad is a geophysical and ecological miracle. Situated in the arid Sahel region, two large rivers create an oasis in an otherwise water scarce region. But...
This Climate-Fragility profile is envisaged as a first component of a Climate-Fragility Risk Assessment process – a process for actors working in contexts...
Internal climate migrants are rapidly becoming the human face of climate change. According to this new World Bank report, without urgent global and national...
After cyclone Aila hit the coast of Bangladesh in 2009, migration has become the only option for many families whose livelihoods where impaired by the resulting...
The E3G G7 coal scorecard assesses how G7 countries are addressing the challenge of reducing coal-fired power generation. It analyses the market and policy...
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...