Blogs & Opinions
Bridging Silos at the Climate-Gender-Conflict Nexus
Mar 20, 2021
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Jessica Smith, Lauren Olosky, and Jennifer G. Fernández
International security agendas must account for the overlapping threats of climate change and conflict, and their unequal impacts on women. Similarly, climate action must integrate…
Looking Beyond Conflict to Address Climate Change Impacts in the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
Mar 19, 2021
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Evyn Papworth
Since the creation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda with the adoption of resolution 1325 in 2000, climate change has become arguably the most pressing…
Looking Beyond Conflict to Address Climate Change Impacts in the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
Mar 19, 2021
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Evyn Papworth
Since the creation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda with the adoption of resolution 1325 in 2000, climate change has become arguably the most pressing…
What Is Climate Feminism?
Mar 18, 2021
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Nicole Greenfield
Last fall, two powerful hurricanes, Eta and Iota, slammed into Central America within two weeks of each other, causing massive flooding and landslides and affecting…
Pacific Women’s Leadership in Climate Change, Peace, and Security: Inclusively Responding to Crises
Mar 17, 2021
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Sharon Bhagwan Rolls
Engaging with women peacebuilders in the Pacific to address climate change can transform regional responses, making them more inclusive and focused on human security, Sharon…
Emergency Law Responses and Conflict-Affected States in Transition
Mar 13, 2021
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Erin Houlihan, Kimana Zulueta-Fülscher, Sean Molloy, Christine Bell, and Asanga Welikala
Some type of emergency law response to Covid-19 has been used in most states. However, conflict ‘fault lines’ can mean that the ways in which…
Forced Coca Eradication Could Undermine Colombia’s Peace
Mar 13, 2021
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Elizabeth Dickinson
If President Ivan Duque has his way, Colombia will soon resume aerial fumigation of coca plantations for the first time in over five years. It paused the…
Canada Is Long Overdue for a National Climate Security Strategy
Mar 13, 2021
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Luthfi Dhofier
The impacts of climate change on security issues such as political instability and mass migrations are well-documented. It is time for Canada to make climate…
The Nature of Women, Peace and Security: Towards a More Inclusive Peace
Mar 13, 2021
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Keina Yoshida and Lina Céspedes-Báez
The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and environmental peacebuilding literature’s shared failure to engage more effectively with each other has directly undermined their attempts…
A Conversation with Marisa O. Ensor on Securitizing Youth and Youth’s Role in Peace and Security Agendas [Audio]
Mar 12, 2021
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Amanda King
“I’ve been quite impressed by the wide diversity and complexity of young women’s and men’s engagement for peacebuilding and development often while confronting seemingly insurmountable…
Climate Security in the UN Security Council: Achieving More through Improved Knowledge and Increased Credibility
Mar 10, 2021
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Judith Nora Hardt, Michael Brzoska and Alina Viehoff
The German government should continue its efforts on climate change and security even after its membership in the UN Security Council has come to an…
Rethinking Women’s Leadership in Crisis Situations
Mar 8, 2021
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UNDP
Welcome to today’s discussions on rethinking women’s leadership in crisis situations. This is held as part of our Development Dialogues: Rethinking Solutions to Crisis in the…
Rethink Gender Issues to Better Tackle Climate Change
Mar 8, 2021
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Jacqueline Lau, Pip Cohen, and Sarah Lawless
Gender influences how people experience and respond to climate change. This is particularly evident in developing nations where women and men adapt to climatic shocks differently. Women…
Climate Change and Women in Bangladesh
Mar 8, 2021
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Eshita Rahman and Raihanatul Jannat
Preventing Human-Wildlife Conflict Is Critical for People and the Planet
Mar 7, 2021
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Kristina Rodina
Each year on 3 March, World Wildlife Day presents us with an opportunity. Not only do we celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wildlife,…
Climate Security and Peacebuilding in a Time of Converging Crises
Mar 7, 2021
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Alec Crawford and Julia Donaldson
Climate change has long been considered a contributing factor to conflict and instability. Risks are particularly acute and amplified in states currently suffering from weak…
Who Pays the Price for Climate Crisis
Mar 6, 2021
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Melanne Verveer and Jessica Smith
President Joe Biden wasted no time after assuming office in taking unprecedented steps to advance women's equality within his own administration. With Kamala Harris as…
Climate Change Isn’t Gender Neutral. Climate Action Shouldn’t be Either
Mar 5, 2021
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Lisa Baumgartner
In Lebanon, despite near equal access to education, only 23.5 percent of women are part of the labour force, compared to 70.9 percent of men.…
10 Young Climate Activists Changing the World, in Honor of International Women's Day
Mar 5, 2021
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Sophie Hirsh
Monday, March 8, 2021 marks the annual International Women’s Day, a global holiday that celebrates women’s achievements, fights for gender equality, and fundraises for women’s organizations.…
Zambia: The Voice of Leadership: Women in Wildlife in Zambia
Mar 4, 2021
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Patricia Malasha
In Zambia, women and men are making the choice to challenge cultural and social barriers to women’s participation in natural resource management
When it comes to…
The US Needs Partners to Tackle the Security Risks of Climate Change
Mar 4, 2021
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Joshua Busby, Morgan Bazilian, and Florian Krampe
We live in an age of “actorless threats” – where challenges to peace and security come not only from agents intentionally trying to do us…
International Women’s Day, 2021 Gender Equality is Our Captain for Sailing to a Green & Just Recovery
Mar 1, 2021
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Jennifer Morgan
The climate crisis doesn’t stop for anyone or anything, not even the pandemic that has forced billions of us to radically overhaul our lives. And…
4 Assumptions About Gender that Distort How we Think About Climate Change (and 3 Ways to Do Better)
Mar 1, 2021
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Jacqueline Lau, Pip Cohen, and Sarah Lawless
Gender influences how people experience and respond to climate change. This is particularly evident in developing nations where women and men adapt to climatic shocks differently.…
How Much Oil and Gas Is Contained in the South China Sea?
Feb 28, 2021
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Ethen Kim Lieser
Stretching from Singapore and the Strait of Malacca in the southwest to the Strait of Taiwan, the South China Sea long has been considered one of the…
Climate Change, Conflict: What Is Fuelling the Lake Chad Crisis
Feb 28, 2021
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Abhijit Mohanty, Kieran Robson, Samuel Ngueping, and Swayam Sampurna Nanda
One of Africa’s largest freshwater bodies, the Lake Chad, has shrunk by 90 per cent. Over 10 million people across the region are in need…
The Impact of Climate Change on Peace and Security in Somalia: Implications for AMISOM
Feb 28, 2021
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Kheira Tarif and Anab Ovidie Grand
The February 2021 mandate renewal for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is an opportunity to review what we know about climate change and…
Climate-Conflict Research: A Decade of Scientific Progress
Feb 28, 2021
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Halvard Buhaug and Nina von Uexkull
The last decade was the warmest on record, with 2020 tied with 2016 for the all-time high average annual global temperature. This 10-year period also saw…
2021: A New Year Marked by New Rules against Conflict Minerals in the EU
Feb 25, 2021
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Agathe Smyth
While the news did not make the headlines, 1 January 2021 marked the culmination of a long civil society campaign as new European legislation on…
The EU Military Sector’s Carbon Footprint
Feb 23, 2021
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Stuart Parkinson and Linsey Cottrell
Militaries are frequently exempt from publicly reporting their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and there is currently no consolidated public reporting of GHG emissions for the…
Saudi-Led Attacks Devastated Yemen’s Civilian Infrastructure, Dramatically Worsening the Humanitarian Crisis
Feb 22, 2021
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Jeannie Sowers and Erika Weinthal
In early February, the Biden administration announced several shifts in U.S. policy toward the war in Yemen — a conflict that has left 20 million…