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On the 2nd and 3rd of June, world leaders met for the Stockholm+50 conference to discuss how to achieve a healthy planet for the prosperity of all. The UN meeting commemorated the landmark 1972 Stockholm conference, the first of its kind focussing on the environment.
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