On January 30, the UN Security Council (UNSC) took another step forward in substantively addressing the security implications of climate change, expanding a previous resolution on Lake Chad, with the inclusion of West Africa and the Sahel

On 26 February, PSI consortium partner The Center for Climate and Security, will host together with the Environmental Energy Study Institute and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation the "2018 Climate and National Security Forum: A Responsibility to Prepare".

Central Mali is plagued by land disputes and contested grazing and watering rights, underestimated by the international community. Yet, local disputes over resources are not merely individual matters, but destabilising factors for entire communities.

Japan's Foreign Ministry sees climate change as a severe threat to peace and security, according to Tomoaki Ishigaki, Director of Climate Change Division

Interview with the independent conflict adviser Chitra Nagarajan about the region's future at the margin of the Planetary Security Conference 2017.