The Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) released two new reports, one on South Asia and the other on Southeast Asia, warning that climate change is threatening stability and security in the region, and calling for urgent action to both drastically reduce carbon emissions and prevent climate security risks.
A new report by the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), an Institute of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR), together with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), assesses the growing security risks posed by a warming climate in one of the most rapidly changing regions on Earth: the Arctic.
The Center for Climate Change and Security breaks down President Joe Biden's Executive Actions towards climate change and how significant these decisive steps are within the global fight to preserve the balance of our environment.
The first 'virtual' Climate Adaption Summit concluded with a strong reiteration of commitment by world leaders to strengthen international efforts around climate change adaption and mitigation. Insights from Dutch Prime Mark Rutte, US Climate 'Czar' John Kerry and German Chancellor Angela Merkel demonstrated the seriousness of which adaption and mitigation must be taken going forward by all levels of global society.
Powering Peace is a joint research initiative of the Stimson Center and Energy Peace Partners. The initiative envisions a broad policy shift within the United Nations and among its member states to adopt renewable energy in peace operations. This report examines how UN peace operations can implement their respective mandates with more diversified energy sources. The launch event will present the latest evidence from the field on how to make UN peace operations more sustainable.
Climate adaption strategies hold the key to accelerate resilience of Earth's environment to the increasing volatility of climate change. The Climate Adaption Summit is hosted (digitally) by the Netherlands this year and brings together the worlds brightest minds in a 24 hour range of events with the aim to inspire change and develop real-time solutions.