As Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong and International Development Minister Pat Conroy hit the reset-rebuild button on the Australian aid programme, now...
The new group will try to advance climate policies, even as some of its members are likely to clash. Critics say the group’s efforts won’t go far enough.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands has contributed $28 million to back FAO's work to boost the resilience of food systems in Somalia, Sudan, and South Sudan - part...
Climate change threatens conflict and poverty in the Arab region, according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP). In a report published last week, the agency...
As the so-called Islamic State loses control over the areas it once occupied, it is leaving behind a toxic legacy. The initial findings of a scoping mission...
The Syrian crisis and the multi-year drought that preceded it have become emblematic of contemporary discussions about the possible security implications of...
WATCH: In this interview, Francesco Femia, Co-Founder and President at the Center for Climate and Security, argues that we should be concerned about price...
In March, the Trump Administration released a new budget proposal that would cut funding to the Department of State and U.S. Agency for International...
The ECC Factbook is an online tool presenting over 120 conflicts with an environmental dimension. This month, our Factbook team reviewed the links between food...
A deal aimed to double agricultural production and end hunger in Africa has underestimated the impact climate change will have on the continent’s food...
We live in an urbanizing world. Up to two-thirds of the world’s population – some six billion people – may live in cities by 2050.Cities have emerged as first...
WATCH: The direct causes of the civil war in Syria relate to popular discontent with the government. Yet the mishandling of a major drought in the preceding...
When the first wave of protests erupted in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting of Michael Brown in August 2014, it looked as if unrest might spread to...
Eroding beaches and the seawater that laps onto the Embarcadero waterfront during high tide—not to mention severe storm flooding—were sending a clear message to...