Asserting its international role and enhancing climate action are critical to the foreign affairs of the European Union (EU). This should make the external...
The United Nations Assistance Mission to Somalia (UNSOM) is one of the first political missions globally to have climate and environmental language in its...
Given the complexity of the links between climate change, environmental degradation and peace and security, and the impact of these links on different EU policy...
Since the European Parliament issued its resolution on climate diplomacy in June 2018, several important trends have been shaping this area of the EU’s external...
The European Union has recently started in earnest to climate-mainstream its defence and security sectors. It published a Climate Change & Defence Roadmap and...
This report sheds light on the possible effects of climate change on development and security in the Central Sahel, namely in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. It...
This report outlines the results of an extensive regional consultation process on climate change and security in South-Eastern Europe, including potential...
This study explores the interaction(s) between climate change, displacement and urbanisation. The objective is to answer a dual question, in the context of the...
On the 15th of December 2020, the High-level Panel on Green Alliance underlined the commitment of Caribbean states and the European Union (EU) to ambitious...
The Regional Dialogue on Climate Security in Northern Central America, cohosted by adelphi, the UN University’s Centre for Policy Research, and the UN’s Climate...
This brief provides an overview of the state of knowledge on transboundary climate risks in Europe, and explores how this knowledge could help Member States...
Climate change pressures are already interacting with conflict dynamics in the Horn of Africa. European actors are approaching climate security risks in the...
The "UN75 Regional Dialogue for the Americas: Toward Innovation and Renewal of Global and Regional Governance" (20 March–26 April 2020) was designed to bring...
Climate change was more central than ever at this year’s Munich Security Conference (MSC), the leading international forum for senior military, security and...
Rather than acting as direct drivers of conflict, climate change and variability are seen as intermediary sources of risk, or ‘threat multipliers’. This is...
This primer explains the current situation concerning the United Kingdom’s food supply and how this is likely to change in the medium and long term as a result...
The so-called Vulnerable Twenty (V20) Group was established in October 2015 with the inaugural meeting of the V20 Ministers of Finance at the Climate Vulnerable...
In order to help address escalating violence, UN Environment has launched the UN Initiative for Environmental Defenders. This brief analyses the initiative and...
The Lake Chad region is currently facing multiple security risks, including livelihood insecurity, climate change and violent conflicts. These risks need to be...