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Climate Change the Elephant in the Room at Munich Security Conference

Mar 12, 2024 | Vanina Laurent–Ledru and Elhadj As Sy

Climate and health must be at the center of discussions about global security to avoid these crises destabilizing governments and impacting our future prosperity. Yet…

Addressing the Intersection of Climate and Gender Through Transformative Action

Mar 11, 2024 | Eva Bialobrzeski

Gender-responsive climate action is critical in addressing the dual crisis of climate change and biodiversity loss, recognizing that climate change often exacerbates pre-existing gender inequalities.…

Understanding the Gender-Climate Nexus

Mar 11, 2024 | Understanding the gender-climate nexus

The ongoing global discourse regarding climate change emphasises the need to address the disproportionate impact of climate change on women and the necessity of involving…

Gender Equality and Climate Adaptation: Closing the Data Gap

Mar 11, 2024 | Fionna Smyth, Duncan Knox, and Mariam Ibrahim

This month, the UN’s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women’s empowerment, the Commission of the Status of Women (CSW), will address a critical issue: strengthening…

How Amplifying Women's Voices Could Boost Humanitarian and Development Aid Efforts

Mar 11, 2024 | Kalkidan L. Yihun

The percentage of people in need across the world has doubled since 2020, with one out of every 23 people now needing some form of humanitarian relief.…

Hunger as a Weapon of War

Mar 8, 2024 | René Wildangel

A dramatic famine is threatening the Gaza Strip as a result of Israel’s blockade. Germany must do all it can to end the misery.

Under the Weather – The National Security Risks from Climate Change Could Go Well Beyond What the US Government Thinks

Mar 7, 2024 | Bryan Frederick and Caitlin McCulloch

The ongoing United Nations Environmental Assembly meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, has revealed sharp splits among countries over the risks of geoengineering projects. Energy from renewable sources is…

Gaza Conflict: Rising Death Toll from Hunger a Stark Reminder of Starvation as a Weapon of War

Mar 6, 2024 | Leïla Choukroune

The deaths of more than 100 Palestinians who had been waiting for an aid convoy on February 29 were a grim reminder of the catastrophe…

Conflict Minerals: How to Clean up the Clean Energy Transition: Preventing Violence over New ‘Conflict Minerals’

Mar 6, 2024 | Tarek Ghani, Juan S. Lozano, Anouk Rigterink, and Jacob Shapiro

Advocates and researchers have drawn attention to the harms from ‘conflict minerals’ (tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold) for more than two decades. As the European…

Conflict Pollution: Lessons from Iraq

Mar 5, 2024 | A.S. Harinath and Ahmed Ali

When conflicts end, the tragic impact of lives lost, damages, and the countless needs of people left in its wake are overwhelmingly visible. There are…

New Security Broadcast | Sarah Ladislaw on US Climate Security and “Mutually Assured Resilience”

Mar 5, 2024 | Wilson Center

In this episode of New Security Broadcast, ECSP Program Director Lauren Risi speaks with Sarah Ladislaw, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for…

War’s Silent Victim: The Environment

Mar 4, 2024 | Alejandro Martín Rodríguez

Efforts to address the environmental impacts of armed conflict have long been confined to academic and technical debates. New technologies can change that.

Clearing War Debris Can Help Ukraine Move Forward

Mar 4, 2024 | J.A. Atchue III, Karl Dix, and Billy Tress

When Russia launched its brutal invasion of Ukraine on February 22, 2024, Western nations supported Ukraine with military and financial aid. But over two years,…

Damming the Blue Nile: Will Ethiopian-Egyptian Tensions Ignite?

Mar 1, 2024 | Martin Sherman

Largely ignored in western commentary, a dispute between two western-aligned governments in Africa threatens to erupt into open conflict. The dispute focuses on distribution of…

Rebuilding the Kakhovka Dam Is a Mistake, but What Should Be Done Instead?

Feb 29, 2024 | Viktoria Hubareva

On 6 June 2023 Russian troops blew up the dam and the hydroelectric infrastructure, destroying it, and the accumulated water in the reservoir was released.…

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Its Discontents

Feb 28, 2024 | Amit Ranjan

Building a dam on the Nile has caused major geopolitics tensions in the region and has the potential to fuel dispute between countries on the…

UN: Climate Change and Food Insecurity Threaten Global Peace

Feb 27, 2024 | BusinessMirror

Climate change and food insecurity are intertwined challenges that have far-reaching implications for global peace and security. The consequences of climate change, such as rising…

After War, Afghanistan’s New Battle: Climate Disasters

Feb 27, 2024 | Meladul Haq Ahmadzai

During the war, Afghanistan grappled with climatic disasters amidst competing priorities. Today, post-war, the nation confronts exacerbated challenges of climate change, contending with issues like…

Liberia Conservation Works Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods to Preserve Liberia’s Forests

Feb 26, 2024 | FrontPage Africa

Over two thirds of Liberia’s land is covered by forests, with over half of the country’s residents living within walking distance of a forest and…

How the UN Environment Assembly Can Help Addressing the Environmental Impacts of War

Feb 21, 2024 | PAX

On February 26, UN Environmental Assembly (UNEA) – the world’s top decision-making body on the environment – will begin its Sixth Session in Nairobi, Kenya.…

Waters of Conflict

Feb 19, 2024 | Joshua Frank

The situation is beyond dire. In 2023, it was estimated that upwards of three billion people, or more than 37% of humanity, faced real water shortages, a…

Ticking Boxes: Are Military Climate Mitigation Strategies Fit for Purpose?

Feb 19, 2024 | Linsey Cottrell

Many sectors face difficult challenges in reducing their GHG emissions in order to achieve net-zero targets by 2050. Healthcare is estimated to be responsible for…

Debate at the UN Security Council: The Impact of Climate Change and Conflict on Food Security

Feb 17, 2024 | Planet Security Initiative

On the 13th of February 2024, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) convened under the initiative of Guyana to debate the interconnection between the global…

Climate Action Can Help Fight Hunger, Avoid Conflicts, Official Tells Security Council, Urging Greater Investment in Adaptation, Resilience, Clean Energy

Feb 13, 2024 | UN

With the accelerating climate crisis and multiplying conflicts, over 330 million people were affected by acute food insecurity in 2023, the Secretary-General told the Security Council…