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...
As Jammu and Kashmir authorities prepare to mine lithium in Reasi, locals fear negative environmental and social impacts, given the history of large...
How can the risks associated with increased critical mineral production be addressed in Latin America? As outlined in a recent report published by the OECD and...
Could dams be (part of) the solution to the devastating floods that are currently hitting Pakistan? The idea has floated around for some time, but it has also...
Massive monsoon flooding has followed a severe drought in Pakistan’s Sindh province, with experts saying that climate change is making farming ‘more challenging...
On 12 July 2022, students and young professionals from various academic disciplines and sectors took part in a training on Climate Change and Security in...
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, food insecurity and food prices have become increasingly concerning. However, the focus has largely been on...
Much of the food that we consume today involves trade. However, climate targets, and the way in which emissions are reported, do not sufficiently reflect this...
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification has long been the poor relation of environmental conventions, but the problems are now too vast to ignore at COP15...
A new report from the IPCC finds that the world could face a more than 3° Celsius increase in the global average temperature over pre-industrial levels based on...
Biotechnology can aid conventional agriculture in major food producing countries such as Argentina by incorporating genetic material into crops. But its use is...
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...