In November 2021 at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), world leaders raised promising perspectives and outcomes on how to move on with accelerating the world’s response to climate change. Yet, one topic that has been overlooked is the impact of climate change on security. But how is climate change threatening our security?
With rising human demand, the availability of biological resources such cropland, pastures, fishing grounds and forests is limiting prospects for sustainable peace and development more than ever before. Humanity’s use of these resources exceeds what our planet regenerates — its biocapacity — by at least 73 per cent.The effects of this ecological overshoot are visible in climate change, groundwater depletion, soil erosion, fisheries collapse, deforestation and other planetary boundaries.
The Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) is holding its 14th annual forum in Amman, Jordan for the period 3 - 5 December 2021. This year's forum 'Journalism & Accountability in a Disrupted World' will be a hybrid event connecting speakers and attendees from all over the world. The ARIJ forum is the Arab world’s largest gathering for investigative journalists.
The Geneva Graduate Institute has announced that the second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will take place in Geneva from the 2nd to the 4th of February 2022. The conference has been convened in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, the Geneva Water Hub, the Geneva Environment Network, and the PeaceNexus Foundation.
In the Central Sahel, climate commitments are hampered by a lack of coordination and finance, while insecurity puts further pressure on the region. Can COP26 help address some of these blockages?
Can the Taliban address climate-related risks in Afghanistan? In the wake of the Taliban takeover, Afghanistan is confronted with various risks to human security and hard security, especially in the context of climate change. Climate-related security risks have been increasingly manifesting and aggravating the drivers of violent conflict. For example, the impacts of more frequent and intense droughts on depleting groundwater sources and natural reservoirs are a huge threat to the water supply of many communities.
The Climate Security Expert Network (CSEN) has recently published a new climate-fragility risk brief on Libya. The risk brief provides a holistic overview of the climate-fragile state in the country.
More than just altering the environment, climate change is threatening to permanently and dangerously reshape the global security landscape, according to a series of new assessments by U.S. military, intelligence and security officials.
The reports, ordered earlier this year by U.S. President Joe Biden as part of an effort to better confront the impact of climate change, warn no country will be spared, and that some parts of the world already may be reaching a tipping point.
Climate-related security risks pose grave challenges to peace and stability in South Asia. The intensified effects of climate change have serious human and regional security implications for India. It is therefore imperative for India to rethink its existing perspectives on climate security that are unhelpfully hinged on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) debates. India has been persistently critical of discussing security implications of climate change in the UNSC.
Improving Security and Climate Resilience in Fragile Contexts through the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus or 'FREXUS' is a new project co-funded by the EU and Germany, aims to improve security and climate resilience in fragile areas of Mali, Chad and Niger. The Sahel region has seen a deterioration of the security situation recently, with many conflicts linked to climate change and natural resource usage.
