At the annual Munich Security Conference, the UN’s top climate change official UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa gave an opening address at a...
In the ECC Newsletter Edition 01/2017, read about the challenges and ways forward for the G20 under the German presidency in light of climate risks, understand...
Changes in global weather patterns are now projected to have potentially devastating impacts on agriculture in the coming years and decades. The rising “double...
In the event of the US leaving the Paris Agreement what will be the reaction of the other signatories? Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States...
In Kaziranga, a national park in north-eastern India, rangers shoot people to protect rhinos. The park’s aggressive policing is, of course, controversial, but...
WATCH: In this video, representatives from UNEP, EEAS, Red Cross and G7/G20 share insights about how their institutions perceive and act upon climate and...
WATCH: Peter Fischer, Deputy Director General for Energy and Climate Policy at the German Foreign Office, talks about the upcoming G20 meeting of foreign...
Is the world facing an era shaped by disorder and by illberal actors? Several days ahead of the 53rd edition of the Munich Security Conference, the Munich...
In an article recently published in Regional Environmental Change, Uche Okpara, Lindsay Stringer, and Andrews Dougill discuss the development and application of...
Cities are on the sharp end of a range of risks from criminal violence, terrorism and war to demographic pressures, to climate and environmental change. Coastal...
With water resources under increasing pressure, transboundary water management and cooperation are becoming more and more important in shared river basins and...
While all Americans know water is a precious resource, most of us take it for granted – until it’s not there when we need it. Three authors from the Wilson...
WATCH: In this video, Sherri Goodman argues that one has to integrate climate-fragility risks into diplomacy, development, and defense activities to protect U.S...
When international leaders met in the Bangladeshi capital last month for ongoing discussions about a new global migration policy, they glossed over what experts...
Europe’s regions are facing rising sea levels and more extreme weather, such as more frequent and more intense heatwaves, flooding, droughts and storms due to...
This report is an indicator-based assessment of past and projected climate change and its impacts on ecosystems and society. It also looks at society’s...
At first glance, the outlook for climate policy in 2017 does not look too promising: Donald Trump has become the president of the US and presented an energy...
