This session, which was recorded during the 2023 edition of the Berlin Climate and Security Conference (BCSC), provides a forward-looking policy conversation on...
Climate change is increasingly driving extreme weather events such as floods and droughts. One of the mediating factors that can lead to these events developing...
WATCH: How can we grasp the relationship between climate change and violent conflict? Answering this question is key for making better decisions at the nexus...
WATCH: Any action on climate-related security risks must start with a thorough understanding of these risks. Better data and analysis are key to putting climate...
In August 2010, the Indus broke its levees in southern Punjab, leading to some of the worst flooding in almost a century. The aftermath was felt across Pakistan...
WATCH: This event launched and discussed the findings of the first report connecting conflict dynamics, environmental degradation, and climate change in the...
WATCH: This panel discussion addressed the links between food insecurity, conflicts, and climate change, highlighting practitioners’ best practices for...
WATCH: This session explores what the most relevant data for climate security is, and how it can inform political decision-making aimed at sustaining peace.
WATCH: In this SIWI World Water Week workshop organised by adelphi and IHE Delft, experts from the diplomacy, development, security, climate change and water...
Conflicts between provinces and communities over water distribution and access continue to challenge hydropower development in Pakistan. While several...
WATCH: Climate change is predicted to increase conflict in the coming decades. In many places, this is already the case. In Marsabit, northern Kenya, prolonged...
The effects of the Kishanganga hydroelectricity project in India on downstream water availability in Pakistan resulted in diplomatic tensions between the two...
WATCH: Colombia’s longstanding internal conflict and the country’s contribution to climate change share one common root cause: land concentration. Policies to...
WATCH: What if water – a resource that is at the centre of many local and regional conflicts – could be utilised for fostering peace? It is this potential that...
The Kasese district in Western Uganda is characterised by a long history of armed conflict between ethnic groups and tensions over limited resources. With water...
Kilosa, a district of the Morogoro region in Eastern Tanzania, has a history of resource-related conflicts surrounding land and forest tenure and management...
Political neglect, ideology and economic hardship drive recruitment for the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan. As rural communities depend heavily on water for...
In 2010, the Honduran company Desarrollos Energeticos S.A. (DESA) initiated construction of the Agua Zarca dam on indigenous Lenca territory in western Honduras...
Iran is facing a severe water crisis. Drought, rising water demand, degradation and mismanagement of water resources put pressure on society and feed into wider...