In the lead-up to the resumed fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5), UNEP provides background on the world’s foremost environmental decision...
Responsibility for climate-related security risks falls to different institutions within the United Nations system. No single entity is responsible for...
In recent years, there has been an outpouring of evidence that climate change is intensifying and driving conflict situations around the world. The socio...
One emerging solution to the climate crisis involves securing investments and prioritizing financial commitments towards clean technologies and shifting towards...
Over the past year, the UN’s limitations in preventing deadly conflict have repeatedly been on display. But the world organisation still has several vital roles...
Clearing dangerous military waste saves lives, but the clearing process sometimes damages the environment and leaves communities vulnerable to land grabbing...
This blog post briefly presents the links that have been established between climate change and security and reflects on the current debate, how the UN Security...
We know environmental changes and dwindling resources can lead to conflicts and inflame grievances among societal groups or even states dependant on nature. But...
How can we build trust and work towards peace in the Middle East? The recent escalation in violence in the region has once again reinvigorated the question...
In an article recently published in Climate and Development, researcher Daniel Abrahams examines how climate change alters conflict outcomes and vulnerability...
Not only is the Sahel highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, but it is also one of the regions where climate change is most likely to undermine...
On 23 March 2021, China’s Minister for Ecology and Environment, Huang Runqiu, the European Commission’s Executive Vice-President, Frans Timmermans, and the...
With the recent climate action announcements of the Biden administration, the US joins China and the EU in the club of superpowers committed to climate...
In its 20 years providing intelligence on climate foreign policy, environment, conflict and cooperation for key decision-makers, the Climate Diplomacy platform...
The Fulani in the Ibarapa community of Oyo State, southwestern Nigeria, are mostly migrants from the northern part of the country. A small number come from...
Chatham House's International Affairs Journal has just released a special issue focused on environmental peacebuilding. adelphi Managing Director Alexander...
Extreme weather events such as droughts and floods are expected to become more severe under future climate conditions. This implies a concern for policymakers...
Water is a critical resource everywhere, but in the Middle East, it is a defining issue. Changing demographics, poor management and climate change are...