The second half of the implementation period agreed for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is now under way. To this end, the Economic Commission for...
The Escazú Agreement is a legal instrument for environmental protection, but it is also a human rights treaty. Its main beneficiaries are the people of the...
El Salvador is one of the countries forming the Central American Dry Corridor. The Central American Dry Corridor faces poor distribution of irregular rain...
In 2022, the United Nations and Haiti’s Ministry of the Environment took the initiative to establish the Haiti Climate Security Working Group, bringing together...
WATCH: This event launched and discussed the findings of the first report connecting conflict dynamics, environmental degradation, and climate change in the...
A twin human rights and environmental crisis in Colombia has intensified since the government and rebel army FARC signed a peace treaty in 2016. The...
Climate change is manifesting in the Arctic three times faster than the global rate of change. These changes present both risks and opportunities. Without...
Caribbean countries, most of which are small island developing states, have long suffered from the destructive impacts of natural hazards, including hurricanes...
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...
State fragility, often related to the expansion of organised crime and human rights violations, has contributed towards elevated rates of violence across Latin...
WATCH: Colombia’s longstanding internal conflict and the country’s contribution to climate change share one common root cause: land concentration. Policies to...
In order to help address escalating violence, UN Environment has launched the UN Initiative for Environmental Defenders. This brief analyses the initiative and...
WATCH: For national defence bodies, climate impacts represent "non-traditional security threats", with which they are often not familiar and not adequately...
WATCH: Increasing vulnerability of coastal military bases, an opening polar route in the Arctic, and global instability are main threats bringing climate change...
The E3G G7 coal scorecard assesses how G7 countries are addressing the challenge of reducing coal-fired power generation. It analyses the market and policy...
WATCH: Alice Hill, Former Senior Director for Resilience Policy, US National Security Council, talks about the US defense and national security community’s task...
Climate change is projected to produce more intense and frequent extreme weather events, multiple weather disturbances, along with broader climatological...
WATCH: In this interview, Dr. Marcus King elaborates on the relevance of climate change for the U.S. defence community and advocates an active exchange between...