On 17 October 2022, EU Member States formed an inclusive Group of Friends for an ambitious EU climate diplomacy to place climate at the heart of EU foreign and...
The development of Africa was spotlighted at a key UN meeting on Wednesday, with attention focused on advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and...
This report discusses the possible effects of climate change on issues at the core of European foreign, security, and development policy – livelihoods, food...
Contributing to the emerging literature on the geopolitical and foreign policy implications of decarbonisation and energy transition processes, this book sheds...
This paper explores the implications of COVID-19 on relevant EU policies and strategies that address the climate security nexus, focusing on three regions: the...
The key barrier to further, faster action against climate change is the lack of financial and technical support for green, resilient and just transitions...
Asserting its international role and enhancing climate action are critical to the foreign affairs of the European Union (EU). This should make the external...
Since the European Parliament issued its resolution on climate diplomacy in June 2018, several important trends have been shaping this area of the EU’s external...
In 2020 EPLO, together with adelphi and the Climate Diplomacy initiative, with support from the German Federal Foreign Office, organised two series of online...
This brief provides an overview of the state of knowledge on transboundary climate risks in Europe, and explores how this knowledge could help Member States...
Russia’s economic development minister warned last week that the EU’s plans to deploy a carbon tax at the bloc’s borders will not be in line with World Trade...
Paris and Berlin have added their names to a growing list of EU capitals asking for the European Green Deal to be placed at the heart of the EU’s post-pandemic...
Several climate security studies have assessed the risks of climate change to security and examined potential foreign policy responses, but the connection...
Climate change was more central than ever at this year’s Munich Security Conference (MSC), the leading international forum for senior military, security and...
The European Green Deal has made the environment and climate change the focus of EU action. Indeed, climate change impacts are already increasing the pressure...
Millions of people across Sub-Saharan Africa could face grave hunger in the first half of 2020 because of armed conflict, political instability and climate...
The consequences of climate change are undermining low-income and fragile countries’ development prospects. EU efforts to boost its climate action and finance...
European peatlands could turn from carbon sinks to sources as a quarter have reached levels of dryness unsurpassed in a record stretching back 2,000 years...
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...