Although there is no causality nor direct and automatic link between climate change and conflict, we can see that climate change can intensify conflict drivers...
How might a single threat, even one deemed unlikely, spiral into an evolving global crisis which challenges the foundations of global security, economic...
The mission of the Munich Security Conference is to “address the world’s most pressing security concerns”. These days, that means climate security: climate...
If you have even a passing familiarity with the climate and security literature, you undoubtedly have come across the phrase “threat multiplier.” The phrase...
The momentum for climate action we are witnessing is extraordinary. Throughout 2019, millions of people took the streets all around the world to join the youth...
If the United Nations is to effectively deal with climate-related security risks, it needs expert support from every region. That’s where the Climate Security...
Nobody needs to be convinced that climate change affects our very existence and security. However, experts are interested to know how climate change affects...
Policymakers and emergency managers tend to build a conceptual wall between natural hazards and terrorism. The causes of—and remedies for—these two kinds of...
Environmental institutions have been established in the global south to improve environmental regulation and increasingly contentious extractive landscapes, but...
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...
Climate and security were the focus of a high-level foreign policy conference held in Berlin in early June. At the core of the conference was the “Berlin Call...
On Tuesday, 4 June, seven foreign ministers, 19 ambassadors, several ministers and more than 200 experts met in Berlin to act on climate security risks at the...
Governments must invest new effort and money to prevent climate change from driving new conflicts, according to a diplomatic statement drafted by the German...
Civil society engagement is essential for environmental protection, especially in cases where institutional frameworks are weak and governance is lacking. Often...
Around 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their livelihood, and about 2.6 billion people rely directly on agriculture. Deforestation, land degradation...
Originally planned as a demonstration against fuel tax hikes, the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) revolts have sparked national and global debates. Some view the...
Intelligence analysts have agreed since the late 80s that climate change poses serious security risks. A series of authoritative governmental and non...
Times of war can result in rapid environmental degradation as people struggle to survive and environmental management systems break down resulting in damage to...
“I want you to panic”. This was the message that 16 year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg gave to the World Economic Forum in Davos on 25 January, and in it...
The Planetary Security Conference will take place on 19th and 20th February 2019 under the theme #Doable, seeking to catalyse policy adjustment and action on...