This paper lists existing guidance notes on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in conflict contexts, as well as outlines key lessons to successfully implement NbS in...
The world is facing unprecedented risks from climate change. In many places, climate impacts are compounding existing grievances and exacerbating pre-existing...
It is well documented that climate change exacerbates conditions that drive insecurity and violent conflict, with disproportionate impacts on women and girls...
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...
Perhaps more than any other area of climate and environmental issues, reaching a binding global commitment to forests has remained elusive. As a result, the...
This guidance note builds on a series of engagements and research conducted in Myanmar, Mali, Lebanon and Jordan into the current state of climate adaptation...
This study examines the need for integrated gender-responsive policy and program approaches that incorporate the 'triple nexus' of gender, climate, and state...
This UNEP synthesis report,“Making Peace With Nature: A scientific blueprint to tackle the climate, biodiversity and pollution emergencies,” communicates how...
Women at the grassroots are uniquely positioned to contribute to sustainable natural resource management, climate-resilient communities, and enhanced peace and...
Climate change is a defining threat to peace and security in the 21st century – its impacts are felt by everyone, but not equally. Gender norms and power...
Nature and its vital contributions to people are deteriorating worldwide, and the goals for conserving and sustainably using nature and achieving sustainability...
Shortly after releasing a report on its climate change strategy in July 2017, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations presents a new...
Climate change is amplifying the risk of extreme weather disasters by increasing the destructive power of storms and floods. At the same time, rising seas...
This paper seeks to assess the interdependencies among water scarcity, youth unemployment and migration. It also attempts to unravel the different roles of...
While research on climate change and urban violence are independently strong, few efforts have been made to understand the linkages between them. To date, there...
World-wide, cities are on the advance. Today, they host more than half of the world's population and every minute, their population grows by 140 people: 200,000...
Cities are on the sharp end of a range of risks from criminal violence, terrorism and war to demographic pressures, to climate and environmental change. Coastal...