For the first time in the survey’s 10-year outlook, the top five global risks in terms of likelihood are all environmental. They are: extreme weather events...
This research paper takes stock of what we currently know about the links between climate change, fragility and conflict, summarizing evidence from research and...
Evidence from existing programs shows that climate change adaptation interventions can contribute to peacebuilding, and peacebuilding can have significant...
If you have even a passing familiarity with the climate and security literature, you undoubtedly have come across the phrase “threat multiplier.” The phrase...
One key strategic objective of the Climate Diplomacy Initiative is to engage the wider public in the debate around climate diplomacy. To that end, adelphi and...
Climate change and its foreign policy implications at the global, regional and local levels are complex and dynamic. In order to formulate appropriate policies...
In order to build up understanding of the particularities of each region in the face of climate change and further develop the engagement with and between...
Conducting policy analysis and research, and compiling concise policy briefs to inform key actors, lies at the heart of the Climate Diplomacy Initiative. With...
adelphi global and the German Federal Foreign Office first formed an alliance over a decade ago and have since been playing a central role in the process of...
Extreme weather events already displace more people each year than all the world’s conflicts combined. Climate change will alter both existing migration...
Food insecurity and environmental degradation are a challenge to health and livelihoods. They can destabilise communities, drive displacement, and undermine...
Water is indispensable: we need it to live. No substitute for freshwater exists and it is scarce in many regions. Simultaneously, much of it transcends state...
Changes induced by impacts of the climate crisis converge with other global pressures – including population growth, uncontrolled urbanisation, increased demand...
Throughout recent history, governments have competed with each other to secure access to mineral resources, especially oil and gas. Energy trading relationships...
As climate risks cross geographic and political borders, climate diplomacy is a policy area where building international cooperation and working together on the...
The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century – the geopolitical consequences are substantial. As things stand, we are on course for...
Africa in general, and the Sahel in particular, is often identified as the region where climate change is most likely to undermine security and trigger violent...
In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), climate change is affecting specific areas in different ways. This publication explores how climate contributes to...
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...
Despite its benefits, environmental peacebuilding can negatively affect development, chip away at environmental protection, and erode peace. In new study...
