WATCH: Marcel Beukeboom, Climate Envoy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in this interview, stresses the importance of working together - not only with the...
WATCH: In this video, Kitty van der Heijden, Director for Europe and Africa at the World Resources Institute, argues that there is a huge demand for up to date...
WATCH: In this interview, Dr. Chad Briggs outlines the roles of diplomacy and of the intelligence and defense community respectively in reducing disaster risk...
Progressive warming and frequent droughts have aggravated an already complicated security situation in northern Mali. Despite a recent agreement with northern...
WATCH: In part four of the interview series, Peter Eigen discusses how the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative can provide added value for civil...
Several studies have pointed to a link between climate change and the civil war in Syria, which started in 2011 and is still ongoing. The direct causes of the...
Rising population numbers and environmental degradation in rural South Africa accelerated rural-urban migration during the late 1980s. Increased competition for...
Failure of fast and effective post-disaster reconstruction in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 has led to citizen protests and conflict with...
Flooding which affected some two million people in Thailand in 2011, fueled civil resentment towards the newly elected government. The floods resulted from...
The closure of U.S. military bases and the lack of responsibility for the U.S. to clean up toxic waste that contaminates the site and surrounding environment...
The war in Darfur, Sudan is frequently cited as a classic example of a 'climate conflict’. Climate variability in the Sahel, which culminated with devastating...
Ecuador’s 2013-2017 Program of Government lists integrated solid waste management (ISWM) as a current topic on Ecuador’s national agenda. The program calls for...
Weakened local institutions, environmental pressures, and changes associated with uneven economic development have brought destitution to many people living in...
Although the economies of Latin American countries remain primarily agrarian, some industrialisation has also generated socio-environmental conflict, especially...
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