From 17 to 26 August 2023, twenty young people from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan gathered in the northern Tian Shan mountains...
From climate change to biodiversity loss, food waste to conflict, these colliding disasters must be tackled together, and sustainable agrifood systems are key...
On 20 July, Secretary-General António Guterres presented to Member States his Policy Brief on A New Agenda for Peace, which outlines his vision for multilateral...
Climate change poses a risk to global food security. Weather and climate extremes, such as prolonged drought, heavy rainfall and heatwaves, can lead to harvest...
While it has long been known that conflict drives food insecurity, the Dangerously Hungry report shows that the inverse is also true: Food insecurity drives...
Over the past 20 years, the northern regions of Uganda, including the West Nile sub-region, have experienced an increase in average temperature and heatwaves...
This paper frames WFP’s programming in climate resilience, livelihoods and food security within the climate security discourse. It aims to offer insights into...
This paper explores how mediators should understand, and how they could address, conservation (including land restoration) in the context of peace negotiations...
Governments have agreed a set of guidelines to protect the environment during and after wartime, the most significant legal update on the issue in 50 years.
The recent recognition by the UN General Assembly and the UN Human Rights Council of the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a...
A recently published paper authored by researchers from the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)...
The eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been the site of decades of conflict between the Congolese army and nonstate armed...
Fragile and conflict-affected situations, environmental degradation, and natural disasters are on the rise and threaten to reverse development gains. In the...
WATCH: The panel explored how climate risk management can be strengthened in conflict zones and how conflict monitoring and analysis can be improved in regions...
WATCH: Drawing on the experience of IDLO and its partners, this panel discussion explored rule of law interventions that reduce and prevent insecurity and...
WATCH: The aim of the session was to discuss the work of civil society actors carrying out conflict prevention and environmental protection activities in the...
Massive monsoon flooding has followed a severe drought in Pakistan’s Sindh province, with experts saying that climate change is making farming ‘more challenging...
With 161 votes in favour, and eight abstentions, the UN General Assembly adopted a historic resolution on Thursday, declaring access to a clean, healthy and...