Regional climate risk insurances are increasingly popular among policymakers, NGOs and academics alike. However, while initial experiences may well speak in...
Acknowledging the complexity of the interaction between the biophysical environment, human security and political conflict, this briefing note focuses on their...
Severe pollution incidents have provided some of the most visually arresting images of recent armed conflicts. Oil fires and spills, bomb – damaged and looted...
World-wide, cities are on the advance. Today, they host more than half of the world's population and every minute, their population grows by 140 people: 200,000...
Cities are on the sharp end of a range of risks from criminal violence, terrorism and war to demographic pressures, to climate and environmental change. Coastal...
This report is an indicator-based assessment of past and projected climate change and its impacts on ecosystems and society. It also looks at society’s...
The World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Risks Report, like other recent analyses of global trends, notes “rising political discontent and disaffection,” but also...
Designed to be a conversation starter rather than an exhaustive analysis of the issues, this report* summarizes key ideas on examples of climate change...
Water is a unique resource because of its multiple uses and key role for any economic development. In many shared river basins, water resources availability is...
Climate change poses numerous challenges for international river basins that are likely to intensify in the decades to come. These challenges will have...
Over 80 percent of countries consider environmental crime a national priority, with most recognizing that new and more sophisticated criminal activities are...
This report takes stock of key developments since the publishing of the independent report A New Climate For Peace commissioned by G7 members. It provides a...
The GCSP’s new strategic security brief “Water Security, Conflict and Cooperation” sheds light on rising water stress, the conflict risks, and on potential ways...
Recently released by the World Bank, Unbreakable: Building the Resilience of the Poor in the Face of Natural Disasters finds that extreme natural disasters cost...
A low-emission transition will require profound changes in terms of infrastructure, business models as well as individual habits. In order to support this...
At the Habitat III conference in Quito, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) launched, ‘Addressing Climate Change in National Urban...
Many transboundary water basins around the world are facing climate-related challenges that will intensify in the decades to come. Successful adaptation will be...