Gender issues, climate change, and security problems are interconnected in complex and powerful ways. Unfortunately, some of these connections have not received...
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...
To mark the upcoming International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the authors spoke with Lola Cabnal, a Guatemalan indigenous leader, to discuss the...
As part of the Wilson Center “backdraft" series on the unintended consequences of climate change responses, this article argues how environment, climate, and...
Women are disproportionately affected by environmental catastrophes and crimes, even as they remain at the forefront of efforts to resist them. A more holistic...
What can climate security learn from the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda? The two agendas share the need for urgent, context-specific, interdisciplinary...
Water deprivation is increasingly recognized as a political and security problem. Tensions resulting from the growing imbalance between global water demand and...
Women in the region suffer disproportionately from climate impacts, but they also play an essential role in addressing climate change. With the right policy...
A new report analyses how the transition to a low-carbon economy – and the minerals and metals required to make that shift – could affect fragility, conflict...
EU and island leaders are calling for more ambition at the International Maritime Organization, while major emerging economies resist a tough cap on emissions...
Migration is a gendered process which has been widely discussed. Yet, the connection between water related disasters, migration and gender has only been...
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...
Socio-environmental conflicts have increased in Latin America, in part because of extractive projects. But, how is this linked to “irregular” groups? And what...
Tomorrow's megacities will be more crowded, but also greener. What's in them for women as they increasingly demand a space suited to their needs? Can women take...
The Earth’s front-line defenders are disappearing at an astonishing rate. On average three environmental activists were killed each week in 2015, according to a...
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...
Last month, our author Dr Vigya Sharma visited Colombo to speak at the 5th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum. In her report, she highlights some...
Women are at the forefront of climate change, facing disproportionately high risks to their health, education, food security and livelihoods. The gendered...