Environmental Outlook on the Triple Planetary Crisis: Stakes, Evolution and Policy Linkages

The triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution poses an increasing threat to the environment and the economy. The Environmental Outlook aims to support an integrated policy approach that considers common drivers, pressures, and mutually reinforcing effects of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.
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Climate reporting Fellowship announced for Planetary Security Conference 2019

Free Press Unlimited and the Stanley Foundation are bringing regional and local journalists from ten countries together to participate in the Planetary Security Conference 2019. In a four-day programme, the journalists will engage with policymakers and others to report on climate and security topics. They will also share their own perspectives as local journalists experiencing climate impacts first-hand.
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'Explosive mix' of climate change and conflict in the Sahel discussed at Davos

New research visualising the contribution of climate stress to rising tensions in the Sahel was launched yesterday by the Igarapé Institute and Earthtime.org in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). It coincided with a session on ‘Ending Violence in the Sahel’ at the World Economic Forum 2019 in Davos, featuring Igarapé Director Robert Muggah and ICRC President Peter Maurer.
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Climate change to return to UN Security Council agenda under Dominican Republic presidency

On Friday 25th January 2019, the UN Security Council will hold an open debate addressing the impacts of climate-related disasters on international peace and security (at 4pm CET and 10am EST). President Danilo Medina of the Dominican Republic will chair the meeting, which will also include the participation of several member states at ministerial level.
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New IRENA report on ‘the geopolitics of the energy transformation’ to be presented at PSI Conference 2019

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has published a new report on the geopolitical implications of the global energy transformation driven by renewables, which argues the transition is likely to diffuse power and reduce energy-related conflict.
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UK Ministry of Defence identifies climate change and resource use among the highest risks to defence and security

The UK’s Ministry of Defence has launched a new report which places climate and related risks among the highest impact and certainty threats to defence and security. ‘The Future Starts Today’, the sixth edition of the Global Strategic Trends report, identifies increasing environmental stress as one of six key trends up to 2045 that require action.
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Climate & Security Strategic Capability Game

This year, participants of the Planetary Security Conference will have a unique opportunity to play the Climate & Security Strategic Capability Game, a serious board game developed jointly by The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) and the Clingendael Institute.
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