On 26 February, PSI consortium partner The Center for Climate and Security, will host together with the Environmental Energy Study Institute and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation the "2018 Climate and National Security Forum: A Responsibility to Prepare".
Central Mali is plagued by land disputes and contested grazing and watering rights, underestimated by the international community. Yet, local disputes over resources are not merely individual matters, but destabilising factors for entire communities.
Japan's Foreign Ministry sees climate change as a severe threat to peace and security, according to Tomoaki Ishigaki, Director of Climate Change Division
Interview with the independent conflict adviser Chitra Nagarajan about the region's future at the margin of the Planetary Security Conference 2017.

Renewable energy opportunities for peace in South Sudan

  • Photo credits: UN Photo/JC McIlwaine
In the context of the civil war with no end in sight in South Sudan, this report outlines how a donor-led shift from the current total reliance on diesel to renewable energy can deliver short-term humanitarian cost savings while creating a longer-term building block for peace in the form of a clean energy infrastructure.
The UN Security Council discussed the security implications of rising temperatures. The Hague Declaration on Planetary Security, developed and endorsed by the Planetary Security Initiative and partners, was discussed at this meeting. Watch it now.