This report presents the findings of an extensive Environmental Peacemaking Consultation carried out in 2023 with over 2,400 people across the nine Yemeni...
The Escazú Agreement is a legal instrument for environmental protection, but it is also a human rights treaty. Its main beneficiaries are the people of the...
The European Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA) report builds on and complements the existing knowledge base on climate impacts and risks for Europe, including...
This paper lists existing guidance notes on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in conflict contexts, as well as outlines key lessons to successfully implement NbS in...
The intensity and visibility of wartime environmental damage in Ukraine has helped focus attention on who is collecting data, and for what purpose. On the...
This DIIS Working Paper argues that advancing the climate security agenda requires approaches that integrate climate adaptation and finance into a ‘peace...
Climate change effects are felt in every corner of the world and can affect conflicts in different ways. They can be a source of conflict, a multiplier of...
Iraq has begun to feel the brunt of climate change and an increase in climate-related security risks. This study examines nine districts, exploring the ways in...
The methodology and guidance was developed to facilitate risk-informed planning, enhance capacity for action and improve operational responses that promote...
This policy paper was compiled by Louise Brown based on insights shared by participants at the workshop on Strengthening the Climate Resilience of Conflict...
As exclusion is a key driver of climate vulnerability, insecurity and conflict, climate action for peace can only happen in conjunction with a focus on...
Rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns and more extreme weather events as a result of climate change pose existential challenges to Southern...
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...
Fires pose a major risk to the landscape of the South Caucasus region. With climate change, this risk will likely increase as temperatures become warmer...
This paper reviews the empirical evidence of how economic, social, political, legal, environmental, demographic, and military-strategic factors influence the...
The Climate Risk Profile for Eastern Africa provides forward-looking data on the climate in Eastern Africa with the goal of supporting resilience-oriented short...
The war in Syria has now entered its 12th year, leaving a long-lasting humanitarian impact on the country as hundreds of thousands of people have been killed...
This paper explores how mediators should understand, and how they could address, conservation (including land restoration) in the context of peace negotiations...
This report aims to provide a support tool for the humanitarian and development community to guide their understanding of existing data-driven methodologies in...
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...