Climate change as a global challenge affects our security and defence policy and therefore directly impacts the Federal Ministry of Defence’s area of...
Since its inaugural edition in 2019, The Berlin Climate and Security Conference (BCSC) has become the global forum on climate, peace and security (CPS).
Following COP28, Jakob Gomolka, Tendai Kasinganeti and Héctor Morales Muñoz summarize the findings of their African Climate Security Risk Assessment (ACRA)...
Attending the COP28 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai on Friday (1 December 2023), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg underlined that...
The methodology and guidance was developed to facilitate risk-informed planning, enhance capacity for action and improve operational responses that promote...
This executive summary of the forthcoming African Climate Security Risk Assessment summarises insights on climate change, peace, and security in Africa. The...
Human rights advocates want the International Criminal Court to begin gathering evidence on the way climate-amplified extreme weather, heat, drought and...
This chapeau report from the stocktaking study on climate security and SSG/R explores security sector roles in climate and environmental security, drawing...
Recent years have seen a growing body of evidence regarding the adverse impact of climate change on peace and security, notably through diminishing livelihoods...
In 2021, US Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III referred to climate change as an “existential threat”—a term traditionally reserved for nuclear weapons. Yet...
The new Pacific Climate Security Assessment guide aims to support Pacific Island Countries to collectively and individually uncover, assess and respond to...
During the NATO summit in Vilnius on the 11th and 12th July, NATO Leaders discussed critical challenges in enhancing NATO’s deterrence and defence and fostering...
This second edition of of NATO’s Climate Change and Security Impact Assessment responds to the demand for increased Allied awareness of the impact of climate...
This paper reviews the empirical evidence of how economic, social, political, legal, environmental, demographic, and military-strategic factors influence the...
Addressing the impacts of climate change on security risks is one of the top priorities for many current and former members of the Security Council. As recent...
This thematic review analysed 74 projects supported by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund that responded to climate-security issues or...
Pacific Island Countries have long identified climate change as a security threat, enshrining their position in the 2018 Boe Declaration on Regional Security...
The culmination of the IPCC Sixth Assessment cycle, the recently published synthesis report makes clear the contribution of climate change to global security.
This report aims to provide a support tool for the humanitarian and development community to guide their understanding of existing data-driven methodologies in...
Debates about different visions for the future international order are often abstract and theoretical. By invading Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has...