A first comprehensive assessment of climate security within the UN Security Council has been published, which is quite frank in its assessment of the Council's progress and headwinds.

In June, the Planetary Security Initiative (PSI) team of the Clingendael Institute, together with the Netherlands Embassy to Iraq and the local partner Ozon, organized its first hybrid workshop in Basra, Iraq.

The UN intervention in Mali (MINUSMA) faces a conflcit situation which is exacerbated by climate change. A programme to teach at risk youths to build and maintain Solar installations secures livelihoods and encourages development, reducing conflict risk.

On June 10, the European Parliament published an in-depth analysis titled, ‘

This policy brief argues that security sector governance and reform (SSG/R) can provide a middle ground that enables the military to deal with the challenges of a warming climate.

There were more internally displaced people and refugees in 2020 than any other year in history. This trend will only increase as climate change results in more and more extreme weather, with disastrous humanitarian conseuquences.