Article published by the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence, July 2025. 

Today the Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS Expert Group) launched a 

Quad puts climate resilience center stage

  • India
  • climate security
  • Quad
  • Indo-Pacific
  • Australia
  • USA
  • Japan
  • Climate resilience
Last week, the Quad Alliance met in Tokyo to discuss the most urgent matters impacting Indo-Pacific security, namely China's regional growth and the continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, yet it was climate action which took arguably the biggest share of the headlines, representing a concrete step in climate security's embeddedness in Indo-Pacific security cooperation.
Organized environmental crime has become one of the fastest-growing types of organized crime. In many conflict-affected contexts, it is the primary source of financing for non-state armed groups.
The effects of climate change and water insecurity remain pressing issues – not only for Iraqis’ daily lives, but also for the country’s security.
Environment of Peace: Security in a New Era of Risk surveys the evolving risk landscape and documents a number of developments that indicate a pathway to solutions – in international law and policy, in peacekeeping opera
As we have previously covered, militaries are both affected by climate change and contribute to it.