This independent report, commissioned by the G7 members in 2015, identifies seven compound climate-fragility risks that pose serious threats to the stability of...
WATCH: This workshop offers a glimpse at efforts to build community resilience to climate change and conflict in the Pacific region. Particular attention is...
As political and public narratives on COVID-19 shift towards the need to ‘build back better’, the pandemic continues to take a heavy toll for many. A new report...
Though focused on climate change, National Adaptation Plans offer important assessments of the risks a country faces and can be valuable in devising...
With the European Green Deal, the European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen has committed to accelerating decarbonisation in Europe as a major...
Human mobility plays an important role in the shaping of the world's urban centers. These four infographics, prepared by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI...
Decarbonisation won’t come as fast as the pandemic. But if fossil fuel exporters are not prepared for it, they will face an enduring crisis. The EU can help.
Greenhouse gas emissions are down and air quality has gone up, as governments react to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the head of the UN Environment Programme...
Climate change contributes to the drivers of conflict and conflict affects peoples‘ adaptation capacities. This infographic looks into climate and fragility...
With cities continuously more threatened by climate change-induced disasters, urban planning’s reflex response is to protect cities against nature. But what if...
The mission of the Munich Security Conference is to “address the world’s most pressing security concerns”. These days, that means climate security: climate...
WATCH: Foreign ministers from small and big countries can learn a lot from one another by exchanging knowledge and experience. Palau’s Foreign Minister Faustina...
As the second week of COP25 begins in Madrid, it is time to stress once more the importance of building momentum for adaptation. There is obviously a need for...
WATCH: Abdulla Shahid, Minister for Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Maldives, speaks of the existential threat that climate change poses to small islands...
Climate change is increasingly challenging global security and undermining peacebuilding efforts. UN Environment and the European Union have joined forces to...
European peatlands could turn from carbon sinks to sources as a quarter have reached levels of dryness unsurpassed in a record stretching back 2,000 years...
WATCH: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are not supported by any binding mechanism; their implementation depends solely on political will and interstate...
The severity of desertification and its mutual relationship with climate change cannot be overstated. In light of the recent launch of the Special Report on...
The challenges facing the international community are growing while the willingness to cooperate seems to be waning. Foreign policy must help bridge this gap...
Global progress towards achieving the SDGs is slow, and for many targets, off track. While SDG implementation is primarily a national task and responsibility...