According to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), between 2005 and 2015 natural disasters cost the agricultural...
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 EU and its Member States have been practical pioneers of climate diplomacy for many years, but what has been learned up until now? Which initiatives and...
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...
WATCH: Dennis Tänzler, Director of International Climate Policy at adelphi, summarises the focus of his future work in the field of conflict-sensitive...
WATCH: How to build community resilience? Oli Brown, UNEP Coordinator Disasters and Conflicts Subprogramme, explains the meaning of resilience and the role of...
The island state of Fiji is hosting the presidency of the next United Nations climate conference. Inia Seruiratu, Minister of Agriculture, explains why the exit...
Climate change will have a devastating impact on millions of people, threatening housing and agriculture. But it carries a terrible cost in terms of culture and...
No adaptation approach lasts forever in the face of increasing stresses posed by a changing climate. Think of each such effort's having a 'use-by' date. How...
Internationally, Australia resides in the region worst affected by climate change, a so called ‘disaster alley’. Robert Sturrock from the Centre of Policy...
At a three-day workshop organized by the Stockholm Environmental Institute (SEI) and Stockholm University experts and policy actors discussed the challenges and...
This report provides an assessment of how governments can generate inclusive economic growth in the short term, while making progress towards climate goals to...
Resilience is a widely used concept among development, environmental, security and peacebuilding organisations. However, it has rarely been applied together...
Without concerted efforts to help small-scale farmers raise productivity and adapt to climate change, the G20 will not come close to attaining its goal of...
The world’s 49 most climate vulnerable countries have called on the G20 to finally set a date – preferably 2020 – for a phase out of fossil fuel subsidies, in a...
The European Union is preparing a new Communication on resilience. This concept has played an important role in the EU’s approach to the development...
The science is clear: To prevent major disruption, the global community must take steps to address climate change. But it is also increasingly clear that...
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...