The past two decades have witnessed the emergence of a large body of research examining the linkage between environmental scarcity, violent conflict, and...
Starting in 2014, the number of migrants from Central America’s Northern Triangle surged. Experts blame the region’s widespread criminal violence for spurring...
The impact of hundreds and thousands of Rohingya refugees have been devastating to the forest cover and water availability in Cox’s Bazar, fuelling resentments...
Resolving environmental conflicts is important for creating and sustaining peace. But the connections between environmental problems and social or political...
The Vietnamese Mekong Delta is one of Earth’s most agriculturally productive regions and is of global importance for its exports of rice, shrimp, and fruit. The...
Migration is a gendered process which has been widely discussed. Yet, the connection between water related disasters, migration and gender has only been...
The UN Security Council is hosting an Arria meeting on ‘Preparing for the security implications of rising temperatures’ on 15 December at the UN headquarters in...
The exhibition “Environment, Conflict and Cooperation”, realized by adelphi and supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, was recently displayed in El...
Dear Reader, this year’s UN Climate Change conference is about to kick off in Bonn, Germany. In its wake, natural and political hurricanes have shaken the...
As the hurricane season is slowly behind us, it is time to address its after-effetcs and develop prevention strategies for dealing with future impacts. But...
Barbuda—an island once full of people—has been rendered completely uninhabitable by Hurricane Irma. Every single resident was evacuated from the island, and...
Climate change is having serious impacts on millions of people across the world and affects the full spectrum of human rights. Climate migrants are particularly...
Across the world, land degradation is forcing people to flee their homes and homelands. Already, more than 500 million hectares of farmland – an area more than...
Resilience is a widely used concept among development, environmental, security and peacebuilding organisations. However, it has rarely been applied together...
When international leaders met in the Bangladeshi capital last month for ongoing discussions about a new global migration policy, they glossed over what experts...
In December, the leading lights of the climate and security community launched an unprecedented declaration to catalyse action in the field in front of 350...
Record levels of displacement and accelerating climate change have prompted many to wonder if the world is headed toward a more violent future. The nexus of...
Top UN officials call for action to protect environment in times of war. "Environmental protection needs to take a more prominent role in our response to...
The idea that climate change is causing migration and displacement is entering the mainstream, but experts have warned against using the term “climate refugees”...