In his address on this year’s World Cities Day, UN-Secretary General António Guterres recognised that “cities have borne the brunt of the pandemic” and called...
Women in the region suffer disproportionately from climate impacts, but they also play an essential role in addressing climate change. With the right policy...
Human mobility plays an important role in the shaping of the world's urban centers. These four infographics, prepared by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI...
With cities continuously more threatened by climate change-induced disasters, urban planning’s reflex response is to protect cities against nature. But what if...
The mission of the Munich Security Conference is to “address the world’s most pressing security concerns”. These days, that means climate security: climate...
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...
Colombia’s long-standing internal conflict and the country’s contribution to climate change share one common root cause: land concentration. Policies to...
The severity of desertification and its mutual relationship with climate change cannot be overstated. In light of the recent launch of the Special Report on...
Times of war can result in rapid environmental degradation as people struggle to survive and environmental management systems break down resulting in damage to...
In an increasingly urbanised world, global resilience cannot be achieved without cities. Separating a local from a national or international sustainability...
At COP24, India-based Sheela Patel from SPARC talked to Lou del Bello about how climate change affects people in informal settlements the most – and about...
What outcomes do the agreements achieved at COP24 hold for cities and regions? Despite the decisive part the so-called non-state actors play in achieving the...
A new report analyses how the transition to a low-carbon economy – and the minerals and metals required to make that shift – could affect fragility, conflict...
Population pressure, a lack of economic opportunities, environmental degradation, and new forms of travel are contributing to human displacement and unsafe...
“Climate change is inextricably linked to some of the most pressing security challenges of our time,” said Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, echoing many...
Working with over 30 partners, the World Resources Institute (WRI) has recently launched the Resource Watch. The platform provides a wide array of data sets on...
Starting in 2014, the number of migrants from Central America’s Northern Triangle surged. Experts blame the region’s widespread criminal violence for spurring...
Resolving environmental conflicts is important for creating and sustaining peace. But the connections between environmental problems and social or political...