The Hague Declaration on Planetary Security

On the 20th of September 2018, a meeting was held at the Clingendael Institute to discuss a new report by the Planetary Security Initiative that aimed at assessing to what extent landscape restoration initiatives may address migration in Africa. This meeting aimed at addressing policy-relevant discussions of the connection between landscape restoration and migration.

This report on food crises gives estimates of the level of severe hunger faced by various countries in the world. Last year, conflict and extreme climate events have been the main drivers of food shocks. The short term estimate for 2018 suggests that conflict and enduring weather conditions will continue to contribute to the acute food crises in many regions.

The upcoming German non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council in 2019 and 2020 should follow the path already established by the Netherlands and Sweden thus maintaining climate security on the agenda. Other developments happened with a new resolution on AMISOM, the UNSC mandated AU mission in Somali, a new Presidential Statement by the Security Council on the UNOWAS mandate and the Pacific Island Forum issued a presidential statement for the appointment of a special envoy for climate security at the General-Secretariat.