On 13 May 2022, G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High Representative of...
The conceptual approach presented here provides a systematic way to understanding and addressing the linkages between climate change, peace and security. It was...
WATCH: A UN Security Council resolution on climate change and security seems to be within reach. What difference would it make, and how can it benefit people in...
WATCH: Climate and Environmental Security are becoming an important issue for peace operations – both related to mandate delivery, as well as to the ecological...
WATCH: Around the world, climate change interacts with social, political, economic, and environmental drivers of conflict and fragility, thereby challenging the...
While climate mitigation and adaptation measures are within the purview of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and contributions to such...
The world’s liberal democracies are facing renewed competition with autocratic systems of rule. The Munich Security Report 2021, which is published ahead of the...
The International Military Council on Climate and Security's second annual World Climate and Security Report warns of the compound security threats posed by the...
Within the multilateral system, there is increasing interest in exploring how climate change risks interact with other factors – including livelihoods, gender...
2021 represents an important year for climate diplomacy and holds unique opportunities for progress on the issue. To advance joint, cross-government, cross...
The first report of the Planetary Security Initiative's climate security practices project draws lessons from and reflects on 8 climate security practices that...
WATCH: When it comes to security, the impacts of climate change are particularly harmful. On top of creating unbearable natural conditions in already fragile...
The Climate Security Expert Network (CSEN) Roundtable took place on 28 January 2021 in a digital format. It aimed at updating CSEN members on progress and...
This policy brief examines the issue of climate-security primarily from the perspective of UN field offices around the world. It draws principally on a set of...
This policy brief provides a typology and analysis of climate-related security risks in the first round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The...
This policy brief explores initial lessons learnt from a climate security perspective of efforts to prevent violent extremism in politically and environmentally...
The 2020 Berlin Climate and Security Conference (BCSC) proved an important space for international organisations, the scientific community, the private sector...
The COVID-19 pandemic has profound global impacts. While all countries have been affected, the pandemic is hitting those that were already struggling with...
This new research report by the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) investigates to what extent the 15 current...
On 24 July 2020, the UN Security Council met for a keynote debate to discuss the security implications of climate change impacts in a session chaired by German...