23 August 2021

Interview with Ayan Mahamoud, the Climate Security Expert & Senior Programme Coordinator at IGAD

 Ayan Mahamoud (PhD) works for the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a Regional Economic Community of the African Union. She was the IGAD Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI) Coordinator for Regional Programming between 2014 and 2017. As part of her work, she coordinated and facilitated regional programming tasks within IDDRSI, a 15-year, over $700 Million, 8 country regional programme and the associated national programmes.

12 August 2021

Rethinking responses to pastoralism-related conflicts

A new policy brief by the Conflict & Research Unit at the Clingendael Institute analyses disputes over natural resources such as water and land among pastoralist groups and between mobile pastoralists and sedentary farmers, which have a long history and are turning increasingly violent.
09 August 2021

Balancing on a Knife’s Edge: Climate Security Implications of the Latest IPCC Findings 

Today, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned of a catastrophic implications of climate change unless substantial action takes place, having severe consequences on global climate security.
30 July 2021

Mission Probable: the EU’s efforts to green security and defence

The European Union has recently started in earnest to climate-mainstream its defence and security sectors. It published a Climate Change & Defence Roadmap and the external dimension of the EU Green Deal recognises climate action as a contributor to peace and stability, for instance in the rather unstable European neighbourhood. The EU aims to climate-proof its military and civilian defence missions, as calls for disaster and humanitarian assistance are rising globally, and it is seeking to include green innovation more prominently in defence investments and R&D.

22 July 2021

New research partnership to analyse climate risks in Southern Asia

The Clingendael Institute and the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies have united to analyse deeper the impacts of climate change within South Asia.
14 July 2021

New report on the UN Security Council's work on climate security published

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.
06 July 2021

Planetary Security Initiative holds the first-ever climate security dialogue in South Iraq

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.

02 July 2021

Climate Security Practice Spotlight – Preventing Radicalisation in Kidal

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.
24 June 2021

Will climate change become a mainstream issue for the security sector?

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.
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