World leaders have a disappointing record when it comes to crises that take decades to unfold.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair a special debate at the UN Security Council on the nexus of climate and security and how this impacts current and future UN objectives. Watch the the event live online or follow the live updates via the PSI's twitter account.

A new study by the Conflict and Environment Observatory and Scientists for Global Responsibility illustrates that not only military spending is swallowing up resources that could and should be used to tackle climate change, invest in global justice, and to promote peaceful conflict resolution and disarmament, but that the military technology industry in itself is significantly contributing to the climate emergency. 

Young leaders have published their firmest acclamation that NATO needs to be doing more in its response to the threats posed from the climate-security nexus. Contained within a wider assessment of NATOs mission, these trail blazers urge in the strongest fashion the need to incorporate more fully climate assessment and considerations into security analysis and action.

Africa is one of the hardest-hit regions by climate change. North Africa is expected to face increasing temperatures, droughts, and decreasing and/or varying levels of rainfall and groundwater levels. This paper contributes to a better understanding of the links between climate change, development and security in North Africa, with a focus on water and energy in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.

A new policy brief by the Planetary Security Initiative (PSI) analyses and compares the implications of natural gas extraction in Mozambique and Cyprus. The discovery of natural gas reserves off the coast of these two countries has sparked external investment which has security, environmental and geopolitical implications.