The Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) released its second annual World Climate and Security Report.
A number of phenomena, termed "tipping points", create the risk of irreversible change within the context of climate change. If these points are surpassed, the results could be disastrous. What are these phenomena, how soon will they occur and what are their implications for climate security?
On 17 May 2021 Free Press Unlimited organised a webinar on the question: How can climate journalism increase resilience, peace and stability in Iraq? Journalists, consultants and media outlets from all over Iraq and close-by regions were present to discuss this topic
The fraught humanitarian situation in the lake Chad basin is a complex problem with undervelopment, violent conflict and environmental crisis all playing a role. Climate change is a factor in creating livelihood stress which contributes to violent extremism. In a strategy to address the situation the Lake Chad Basin Commission and the African Union implement a number of climate security practices to build community resilience and foster peace.
The MINUSMA UN intervention in Mali has been forced to confront the climatic causes of much of the violent unrest in Mali as unpredictable weather patterns and land stress begin to take their toll. To maintain the peace, MINUSMA has implemented a number of climate security practices alongside their traditional peacekeeping operations.
On the 8th May 2021, the European Union and India held a closed-door virtual summit, amidst a devastating second wave of COVID-19 that is currently crippling India.
