Blogs & Opinions

Preventing Water Wars

Oct 16, 2022 | Asad Tahir Jappa

It is an undeniable truth that throughout human history on the planet earth, conflicts emanating from water scarcity have already been happening. It does not…

The World Cannot Fix the Global Food Crisis Without Rural Women

Oct 15, 2022 | Claudia Sadoff

A shocking jump in the number of women compared to men facing food insecurity lays bare a broadening gender gap, with women now shouldering a…

Cooperation Needed to Correct Course on Gender Equality: UN Report

Oct 14, 2022 | IISD

UN Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) issued a report, which presents evidence on gender equality across all 17 SDGs. Emphasizing…

Yemen’s Future Conflicts Will Be over Water

Oct 14, 2022 | Niku Jafarnia

In just two days this August, heavy floods caused extensive devastation across Yemen, killing at least 38 people and destroying the shelters of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs)…

Transatlantic Subnational Climate Cooperation: Opportunities for Implementation

Oct 14, 2022 | Wilson Center

The subnational level has become increasingly important in keeping international climate diplomacy alive. Cities play an important role informing not only local, but also national…

Gender Inequality and the Connection to Climate Change

Oct 12, 2022 | Nelly Gachanja

Did you know gender inequality and climate change are interconnected? Africa is more vulnerable to climate change than any other region on the planet. Coincidentally,…

Unleashing the Power of Gender-Smart Climate Investing in Developed Markets

Oct 12, 2022 | Suzanne Biegel

With little capital flowing in established economies, and increasing urgency, the time to move money in this direction is now.When many investors — especially those…

Securitizing Climate Change: How to Not Think about the Climate Crisis

Oct 12, 2022 | Carol Cohn and Claire Duncanson

In the Global North, “climate security” has become a dominant frame for thinking—and not thinking—about the climate crisis. And it misdirects our attention because the…

Women Are on the Front Lines of Climate Change — So Let Them Steer The Response

Oct 11, 2022 | Cara Wilson

After years of working in the finance sector on both gender and sustainable finance initiatives, I am convinced that more women at the top would…

CFS 50: Statement from CSIPM on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

Oct 11, 2022 | La Via Campesina

As a diverse collective, which is made of persons from the South and from the North, we, peasant women, Indigenous women, women from war-torn countries,…

Investing in Climate Adaptation and Resilience as a Bulwark against Conflict

Oct 10, 2022 | International Crisis Group

Climate change is increasing the risk of conflict across the Horn of Africa. People in all these countries would benefit from “climate adaptation” efforts, though the…

In Colombia, Implementing the Escazú Agreement Is a Matter of Life and Death

Oct 7, 2022 | Laura Furones

Colombia and other countries in Latin America are some of the world’s deadliest countries for environmental defenders, yet the region is also highly vulnerable and…

Women and Gender in Climate Diplomacy

Oct 5, 2022 | Amy M. Jaffe and Cali Nathanson

Prominent women leaders have played a critical role in the success of global climate negotiations and have contributed to a fuller understanding of the gendered…

Climate Change is a Threat Multiplier for Women and Girls: UN expert

Oct 5, 2022 | United Nations

NEW YORK (5 October 2022) – Climate change and environmental degradation are escalating the risk and prevalence of violence against women and girls across the…

Gender-Informed Policies Fundamental for Climate Change Adaptation

Oct 5, 2022 | Sarah McLaughlin

Scientists from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) are working to understand the gender gap in climate change adaptation and the causes behind this…

Protecting Human Rights in DRC Cobalt Mines: A US Priority in a Green Transition

Oct 4, 2022 | Roger-Mark De Souza

Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken recently reaffirmed the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)—a nation located in Africa’s heart—as a “geostrategic player and critical partner”…

Gender Action Plan for Climate Change

Oct 2, 2022 | Hunain Mahmood

Climate Change Gender Action Plan argues for a greater role for women in the development of climate solutions.

In the wake of the recent floods, women…

Ghana: Climate Change Impact Hinges On Three Areas

Sep 30, 2022 | Benjamin Arcton-Tettey

The call to address the gender gap with regard to climate change and its impact on women, peace and security is hinged on three areas.The…

Liberia: What to Do about Land Disputes?

Sep 30, 2022 | David S. Menjor

The criminal conveyance of land, in the forms of double deals and fraudulent land deeds, continues unabated across Liberia, especially in Marshall City, Margibi County,…

Gender Inequality, Armed Conflict and Climate Change: Why Militaries Can and Should Map Compounded Risk

Sep 29, 2022 | Jody M. Prescott, Robin Lovell, Emma Miner, Emily Smith, Cyrus Oswald, and Cameron Chambers

In areas marked by gender inequality, women and girls are particularly at risk of the compounding effects of armed conflict and climate change. Militaries should…

Kenya: As Drought Deepens Land Conflicts, Peacebuilders Respond

Sep 24, 2022 | Jeremy Moore

Amid lengthening droughts in a changing climate, millions of herders in northern Kenya are watching their traditional grazing lands dry and harden. Communities’ new desperation from…

Climate and Environment Considerations for Weapon Bearers in Armed Conflict

Sep 22, 2022 | Sarah Gale

Why should parties to a conflict care about climate change and the environment? This is a question that is frequently raised when discussing the intersection…

The World’s Militaries Aren’t Ready for Climate Change

Sep 22, 2022 | Erin Sikorsky

As the war in Ukraine continued this summer, with billions of dollars’ worth of military aid pouring into Kyiv from its allies and partners, governments…

Mining, Land Grabs, and More: When Decarbonization Conflicts with Human Rights

Sep 22, 2022 | Sarah Fecht

For almost any project or action, impacts are unavoidable. Not decarbonizing fast enough also has an impact: according to a study by Daniel Bressler, a PhD student…

Are ‘Water Wars’ Coming to Asia?

Sep 17, 2022 | Genevieve Donnellon-May

A recently published study by a team of scientists from the University of Texas in Austin, Penn State, and Tsinghua University in Nature climate change…

Forgotten Droughts: These Five Regions of the World Could Soon Face Conflict over Water

Sep 16, 2022 | Charlotte Elton

Millions of people in 'neglected' regions could soon face violent conflict over water, according to an early warning tool developed by the Water Peace and…

Three Territorial Disputes You May Not Have Heard of

Sep 12, 2022 | Daniel Hayward

Living in Thailand, and closely linked to efforts supporting individuals and groups in Myanmar handling the aftermath of the 2021 military coup, the author hears…

Pakistan Floods & Climate Security: Rethinking Comprehensive National Security

Sep 8, 2022 | Ameera Adil, Faraz Haider

Between 2010 to 2022, on average, there has been a major flood every other year in Pakistan, causing hundreds of casualties. From a human perspective, the losses are…

Climate Security at USAID: (Re)defining an Integrative Issue

Aug 30, 2022 | Daniel Abrahams and Allison Brown

Climate security is an essential conceptual framework to understand the global interplay of biophysical and socioeconomic forces that threaten our planet. Indeed, it is so…

Fishing for Equity and Inclusion: Women’s Socioeconomic Factors in Kenyan Fisheries

Aug 29, 2022 | Margaret Gatonye

Seeing Loreta sort and dry her Omena sardines at the shores of Lake Victoria in Western Kenya, one may dismiss this small, middle-aged woman as…