Land degradation due to climate change has endangered the livelihoods of rural communities and heightened the conflict between farmers and herders. Together with local organizations, Both ENDS initiated the program "Communities Regreen the Sahel" to help locals restore their lands, and, thus, increase agricultural production and stability.

Expert Alexander Verbeek explains the urgent need both for effective climate change action and for steps to be taken to prepare for life in a drastically different world, where global warming and related environmental degradation will impact on security.

Planetary Security Initiative met with William Leslie Amanzuru, an environmental activist from Uganda, to learn more about how local civil society organizations can fight against the consequences of climate change while working on building peace.

Putting a multidisciplinary approach to conflict risk analysis into practice, the Water, Peace and Security (WPS) partnership launched the WPS Global Early Warning Tool this week.

In order to explore further options for improved international responses to the risks posed to the environment by the activities of armed forces in conflict, the Republic of Estonia, the Federal Republic of Germany, the State of Kuwait, and the Republic of Peru will convene an Arria-formula meeting on 9 December 2019.

Humanitarian suffering should be at the forefront of analysis on war, but at the same time, environmental impact deserves a more prominent place at the conflict analysis table, as there are direct links with peacebuilding, conflict resolution and socio-economic reconstruction efforts.This article examines the key challenges that Syria’s environment and the people who depend on it are facing.

On December 11 2019, from 3.30 to 5pm, Climate Diplomacy, the German Federal Foreign Office and adelphi will co-host a COP25 side event in the German Pavillion in Madrid, Spain.

Current global action focuses on the impact of humans and industry on the environment during peacetime, but what about during conflict?

How must the European Union and civil society prepare to uphold global norms and actions on human rights, humanitarian principles, and conflict prevention in a changing world? To address this question, the Permanent Representation of Finland to the European Union will be hosting a conference on Friday 29 November 2019 in Brussels.