Whilst at first sight it may not seem explicitly so, the new IPCC report contains a lot of important findings on the links between climate change and conflict...
Putin’s chilling invasion of Ukraine last week has been a wakeup call on the threats to international peace and security. The IPCC report published yesterday is...
The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report assesses the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human...
The climate data for 2021 is now mostly in, and it has proved to be another noteworthy year across the oceans, atmosphere, cryosphere and surface temperature of...
Progress has stalled for the time being on a United Nations Security Council Resolution on climate security. However, a recent communique from the African Union...
The first-ever ‘Handbook on Water Allocation in a Transboundary Context’ explains the various phases, benefits and challenges of transboundary water allocation...
This second edition of the IEP Ecological Threat Report (ETR) assesses threats relating to food risk, water risk, rapid population growth, temperature anomalies...
Connected and healthy rivers deliver many important benefits, but if all currently proposed hydropower dams are built, over 260,000 km of rivers will lose free...
What before was 'clear' is now 'unequivocal': human activity is causing the climate to change rapidly and drastically, while threatening the environment and the...
With growing competition for water resources, foreign policy should engage with political realities rather than technical solutions alone, argue Benjamin Pohl...
The new and unique Weathering Risk Methodology provides decision-makers and practitioners across all sectors with a comprehensive and scalable research approach...
Justice has long been a central element of the international community’s approach to climate change, including with regard to financial support for adaptation...
The 2021 World Water Development Report on “Valuing Water” assesses the current status of, and challenges to, the valuation of water across different sectors...
That future wars will be fought over water, rather than oil, has become something of a truism, particularly with regard to the Middle East. It’s also one that...
This report explores the main impacts of climate change on the water cycle and water-dependent sectors, and develops recommendations for how the water sector...
The Strategic Advisory Board of Weathering Risk, the climate and security risk and foresight assessment initiative, met for its inaugural session on 19th...
WATCH: This workshop offers a glimpse at efforts to build community resilience to climate change and conflict in the Pacific region. Particular attention is...
WATCH: This session explores what the most relevant data for climate security is, and how it can inform political decision-making aimed at sustaining peace.
Though focused on climate change, National Adaptation Plans offer important assessments of the risks a country faces and can be valuable in devising...