Hot on the heels of this week’s Planetary Security Conference the UN Security Council will today discuss the steps that could be taken to address climate-related security risks by the UN system.

This year’s Planetary Security Conference changed the game on the issue of climate and security with the launch of The Hague Declaration. The conference – attended by 350 experts - came at the end of a year of ongoing and worsening political conflict and humanitarian crises.

Today the leading lights of the climate and security community have launched an unprecedented declaration to catalyse action in the field in front of 350 participants at the Planetary Security Conference.

During Workshop B5, Deltares will share their expertise and ideas on the links between climate, water, conflict and migration and how data can assist to take timely and adequate action.

This policy brief analyses how local resource conflicts affect wider development and security dynamics in Mali. It argues that in order to manage the ripple-effects of local conflicts, there needs to be investment in conflict prevention, as well as understanding and addressing the impacts of population growth and climate change.

This report looks at progress made on policy and practical responses to climate-security risks for 2016-2017 and sets out the key achievements, pitfalls and new challenges facing the foreign policy community working to reduce climate-fragility risks.