adelphi has partnered with five UN organisations to develop the self-paced massive open online course (MOOC) "Climate Change, Peace and Security: Understanding...
Mobility can be a viable response to climate change. National and international policy should protect those who move and address the vulnerabilities leading to...
What exactly triggers food riots? At which point does climate change come in? And what can we learn from analyzing the lack and impotence of government action...
In his address on this year’s World Cities Day, UN-Secretary General António Guterres recognised that “cities have borne the brunt of the pandemic” and called...
WATCH: This session brings together speakers from new and ongoing research initiatives aiming to provide policymakers with more robust tools and insights to...
WATCH: During this session, risks of and solutions to increased urban violence and insecurity as a result of climate change-induced rural to urban migration are...
As political and public narratives on COVID-19 shift towards the need to ‘build back better’, the pandemic continues to take a heavy toll for many. A new report...
With the European Green Deal, the European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen has committed to accelerating decarbonisation in Europe as a major...
Human mobility plays an important role in the shaping of the world's urban centers. These four infographics, prepared by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI...
Decarbonisation won’t come as fast as the pandemic. But if fossil fuel exporters are not prepared for it, they will face an enduring crisis. The EU can help.
WATCH: Roughly 15 million people are displaced every year by climate and weather related disasters. This year much of that displacement will take place against...
Greenhouse gas emissions are down and air quality has gone up, as governments react to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the head of the UN Environment Programme...
With cities continuously more threatened by climate change-induced disasters, urban planning’s reflex response is to protect cities against nature. But what if...
The mission of the Munich Security Conference is to “address the world’s most pressing security concerns”. These days, that means climate security: climate...
European peatlands could turn from carbon sinks to sources as a quarter have reached levels of dryness unsurpassed in a record stretching back 2,000 years...
WATCH: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are not supported by any binding mechanism; their implementation depends solely on political will and interstate...
The severity of desertification and its mutual relationship with climate change cannot be overstated. In light of the recent launch of the Special Report on...
The challenges facing the international community are growing while the willingness to cooperate seems to be waning. Foreign policy must help bridge this gap...
Global progress towards achieving the SDGs is slow, and for many targets, off track. While SDG implementation is primarily a national task and responsibility...
No country is immune to natural hazards, but for fragile states, the effects are even more severe. Mostly, conflict prevention and humanitarian aid are seen as...