Governments have agreed a set of guidelines to protect the environment during and after wartime, the most significant legal update on the issue in 50 years.
A recently published paper authored by researchers from the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)...
The eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been the site of decades of conflict between the Congolese army and nonstate armed...
Fragile and conflict-affected situations, environmental degradation, and natural disasters are on the rise and threaten to reverse development gains. In the...
WATCH: The panel explored how climate risk management can be strengthened in conflict zones and how conflict monitoring and analysis can be improved in regions...
WATCH: Drawing on the experience of IDLO and its partners, this panel discussion explored rule of law interventions that reduce and prevent insecurity and...
WATCH: This UNSSC Coffee hour focused on the intersection of climate change and human mobility, conflict sensitivity and food security in the Karamoja Cluster...
Today we face the double, interlinked emergencies of human-induced climate change and the loss of biodiversity, threatening the well-being of current and future...
WATCH: Environmental degradation and biodiversity loss are important drivers of conflict increasingly impacting global peace and security. This nature-security...
An updated guide to the intergovernmental negotiations taking place in December 2022 in Montreal, Canada, that have a crucial role to play in halting...
Just over two years ago, Christophe Hodder was selected as the first UN Climate Security and Environmental Advisor to Somalia. Since then, he had spearheaded a...
This paper presents a conceptual model of climate change and human mobility interactions. The model outlines possible pathways connecting climate hazards and...
Since the 1990s, Tigray, a region in Ethiopia, has been undergoing successful landscape restoration, helping provide food security and other ecosystem services...
Prior to Russia’s assault on Ukraine, there were an estimated 84 million displaced persons around the world. Just over one month later, the addition of 10...
In this article, the authors examine the links between deforestation and security, charting a way forward for policymakers, law enforcement and the multilateral...
This publication calls attention to and provide examples of local initiatives for climate-sensitive conflict and violence prevention. In addition, the...
The destruction of nature and the world’s ecosystems presents an unprecedented challenge for humanity. With one million species on the brink of extinction – the...