VIENNA, 23 February 2021 â Opportunities for transboundary co-operation to address climate-related security risks in South-Eastern Europe were virtually...
Caribbean countries, most of which are small island developing states, have long suffered from the destructive impacts of natural hazards, including hurricanes...
On 1 December, adelphi, the UN Universityâs Centre for Policy Research, and the UNâs Climate Security Mechanism cohosted a Regional Dialogue on Climate Security...
The Regional Dialogue on Climate Security in Northern Central America, cohosted by adelphi, the UN Universityâs Centre for Policy Research, and the UNâs Climate...
Over the past 15 years, climate-related risks to peace and stability have risen fast up the European agenda. This report explores the extent to which this...
State fragility, often related to the expansion of organised crime and human rights violations, has contributed towards elevated rates of violence across Latin...
During the past two weeks, Antigua & Barbuda, Nicaragua and Panama ratified the EscazĂș Agreement, giving a major boost to the unprecedented and innovative Latin...
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...
Colombiaâs long-standing internal conflict and the countryâs contribution to climate change share one common root cause: land concentration. Policies to...
To fight illegal coca plantations and conflict actorsâ income sources, Colombiaâs president wants to loosen the ban on aerial glyphosate spraying. However...
Climate and security were the focus of a high-level foreign policy conference held in Berlin in early June. At the core of the conference was the âBerlin Call...
Originally planned as a demonstration against fuel tax hikes, the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) revolts have sparked national and global debates. Some view the...
Initiated in 2015, the French Ministry for the Armed Forces organized the first international conference âDefence and climate: what are the stakes?â. Since then...
This primer explains the current situation concerning the United Kingdomâs food supply and how this is likely to change in the medium and long term as a result...
In order to help address escalating violence, UN Environment has launched the UN Initiative for Environmental Defenders. This brief analyses the initiative and...
Environmental defenders in Brazil are at risk â last year, 57 were assassinated and the numbers are increasing. The UN has launched a new initiative to address...
Fourteen Latin American and Caribbean countries made history at the UN General Assembly on September 27 by signing the EscazĂș Agreement, a regional accord on...
French environment minister Nicolas Hulot has resigned live on national radio in a surprise move that will come as a blow to president Emmanuel Macronâs green...
The UK has been accused of trying to âfudgeâ how much money it spends on subsidising coal mining and fossil fuel use despite its pledge to phase out...