The war in Ukraine holds a hard lesson about our failure to face up to the climate crisis. We must heed lessons of the recent past and rise up to meet the...
Whilst at first sight it may not seem explicitly so, the new IPCC report contains a lot of important findings on the links between climate change and conflict...
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...
The chapter 'Canada: Reframing a well-established partnership' in the book 'European Foreign Policy in a Decarbonising World', examines Canada and EU-Canada...
Responsibility for climate-related security risks falls to different institutions within the United Nations system. No single entity is responsible for...
Progress has stalled for the time being on a United Nations Security Council Resolution on climate security. However, a recent communique from the African Union...
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...
What before was 'clear' is now 'unequivocal': human activity is causing the climate to change rapidly and drastically, while threatening the environment and the...
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...
United States President Joe Biden gathered world leaders on 22 April 2021 to raise climate ambition ahead of COP26 climate summit in the UK. For Latin America...
On 23 March 2021, China’s Minister for Ecology and Environment, Huang Runqiu, the European Commission’s Executive Vice-President, Frans Timmermans, and the...
“The more the United States can get itself back on track, the better position it is in to exercise climate leadership,” says Sue Biniaz, a member of Special...
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...