21 November 2024

A Climate Resilience Toolkit for Security Practitioners and National Policy Recommendations for Big Ocean Small State (BOSS) Islands

This paper describes the results of a foresight tabletop exercise looking at the security implications of climate change in Big Ocean Small State (BOSS) islands in the Indian Ocean Region.
19 November 2024

Africa Climate Security Risk Assessment: Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change on Peace and Security across the African Continent

The Africa Climate Security Risk Assessment (ACRA) is the first comprehensive study of climate security across Africa. It identifies climate security pathways across the African Union’s five regions and explores responses, good practices and recommendations.
19 November 2024

COP29: The ICRC's call to implement ambitious mitigation measures and scale up climate action in conflict settings

Climate change is an existential threat to humanity. Warming of the atmosphere, oceans and land – driven by human activity – is causing climate variations and extremes all over the world, with over three billion people living in places that are highly vulnerable to climate change.
14 November 2024

Raising ambition and accelerating delivery of climate finance

The Independent High Level Expert Group (IHLEG) on Climate Finance has been supporting the deliberations on the climate finance agenda under successive COP Presidencies since COP26. It has been tasked to help develop recommendations to encourage and enable the public and private investment necessary for delivery of the commitments of the Paris Agreement.
13 November 2024

Enhancing Prospects for Peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan through Joint Climate Change and Energy Security Action

This GCSP policy brief explores how collaboration on shared resources between Armenia and Azerbaijan could foster regional stability and peace amid the looming impacts of climate change.
11 November 2024

Extreme weather as the new normal

Recent weeks have borne witness to tragedy and destruction on a grand scale. The summer season in Europe concluded with severe forest fires in the Balkans, and has now given way to erratic and intense rainfall that has caused severe flooding in Central Europe and most devastatingly in Spain where hundreds are presumed dead, and recovery efforts are still underway.
07 November 2024

When Nature Bites Back: Biodiversity on the Frontline

Breaking past the Earth’s natural limits for biodiversity is expected to have tremendous impacts on climate and environmental security.

30 October 2024

Climate Security at NATO

Looking Beyond Today’s Wars

In this commentary, dr. Louise van Schaik, Head of Unit EU & Global Affairs and Senior Research Fellow at Clingendael, examines NATO's recognition of climate change as a significant security threat.

30 October 2024

Unveiling Challenges and Gaps in Climate Finance in Conflict Areas

SIPRI Insights on Peace and Security, No. 2024/03, October 2024

This SIPRI Insights report addresses challenges related to climate finance distribution in conflict-affected countries, where vulnerabilities to climate change are significantly exacerbated. Conflict reduces the ability of populations to adapt, making effective climate finance even more critical.

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