As the second week of COP25 begins in Madrid, it is time to stress once more the importance of building momentum for adaptation. There is obviously a need for...
If the United Nations is to effectively deal with climate-related security risks, it needs expert support from every region. That’s where the Climate Security...
Nobody needs to be convinced that climate change affects our very existence and security. However, experts are interested to know how climate change affects...
Policymakers and emergency managers tend to build a conceptual wall between natural hazards and terrorism. The causes of—and remedies for—these two kinds of...
Environmental institutions have been established in the global south to improve environmental regulation and increasingly contentious extractive landscapes, but...
No country is immune to natural hazards, but for fragile states, the effects are even more severe. Mostly, conflict prevention and humanitarian aid are seen as...
Climate and security were the focus of a high-level foreign policy conference held in Berlin in early June. At the core of the conference was the “Berlin Call...
On Tuesday, 4 June, seven foreign ministers, 19 ambassadors, several ministers and more than 200 experts met in Berlin to act on climate security risks at the...
Governments must invest new effort and money to prevent climate change from driving new conflicts, according to a diplomatic statement drafted by the German...
Intelligence analysts have agreed since the late 80s that climate change poses serious security risks. A series of authoritative governmental and non...
Times of war can result in rapid environmental degradation as people struggle to survive and environmental management systems break down resulting in damage to...
More than 4,700 delegates, including environment ministers, scientists, academics, business leaders and civil society representatives, met in Nairobi for the UN...
“I want you to panic”. This was the message that 16 year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg gave to the World Economic Forum in Davos on 25 January, and in it...
Climate change has been identified and recognized as a security issue and a threat multiplier by the international community, and climate security is now an...
On 25 January 2019, the UN Security Council held an open debate to discuss the security implications of climate-related disaster events. The meeting, initiated...
The unabated growth of natural resource consumption raises risks that we will outstrip the capacities of ecosystems and governance institutions. At the same...
Climate adaptation has been praised for its potential for contributing to peace. It is highlighted for the potential to remake systems and equip the world to...
Responding to climate change has become more urgent than ever. Cooperation within communities is a precondition for urban resilience, as recurring heatwaves and...
Although water is an essential input for agriculture and industrial production, it is also scarce in many regions. When it crosses international borders via...
Every day humanitarian aid workers help millions of people around the world, regardless of who they are and where they are. With expert knowledge and support...