Critical Questions Interview by the Center for Strategic Studies and International Studies, August 5, 2026
In a recent CSIS Critical Questions Interview, Franck Gbaguidi and Caitlin Welsh provide a rounded overview of the connection between water and security. During the interview multiple elements that are turning access to water into a security issue were highlighted.
Policy Brief published by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), 19 August, 2026.
Droughts are becoming harder to manage as a standalone environmental hazard. However, their impacts can move through land and water systems into food production, energy, transport, livelihoods, migration and, in already fragile contexts, political instability and conflict.
Briefer published by the Council on Strategic Risks, 13 August, 2026
From Spain to South Korea, armed forces are being called in more frequently to respond to wildfires.
A new briefer by the Council on Strategic Risks looks at what this means for defence as wildfire seasons become more intense, less predictable and increasingly difficult to contain.
Journal article published by Global Environmental Change, volume 98, July 2026.
Climate change is transforming the Arctic: Melting sea ice, t
The CCASCOE Brief is a recurring climate‑security series published six times a year. Each edition offers a clear and accessible synthesis of complex climate‑security issues from multiple perspectives, aimed at specialists, practitioners, policymakers, decision‑makers, and anyone interested in how climate change intersects with and transforms security and defence.
This expert report by the ‘German Advisory Council on Global Change’ (WBGU) argues that the changing global climate is a security risk to society; strategies for both should thus be integrated.
Episode 4 of the ‘Climate, Crisis and Courage’ podcast, produced by the United Nations.
