Gender issues, climate change, and security problems are interconnected in complex and powerful ways. Unfortunately, some of these connections have not received...
As part of the Wilson Center “backdraft" series on the unintended consequences of climate change responses, this article argues how environment, climate, and...
Women are disproportionately affected by environmental catastrophes and crimes, even as they remain at the forefront of efforts to resist them. A more holistic...
What can climate security learn from the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda? The two agendas share the need for urgent, context-specific, interdisciplinary...
Water deprivation is increasingly recognized as a political and security problem. Tensions resulting from the growing imbalance between global water demand and...
No country is immune to natural hazards, but for fragile states, the effects are even more severe. Mostly, conflict prevention and humanitarian aid are seen as...
San Francisco’s Global Climate Action Summit ended on 14 September with non-state actors sending a call to action to governments ahead of the crucial COP24 in...
Migration is a gendered process which has been widely discussed. Yet, the connection between water related disasters, migration and gender has only been...
The EU and its Member States have been practical pioneers of climate diplomacy for many years, but what has been learned up until now? Which initiatives and...
Dear Reader, this year’s UN Climate Change conference is about to kick off in Bonn, Germany. In its wake, natural and political hurricanes have shaken the...
Tomorrow's megacities will be more crowded, but also greener. What's in them for women as they increasingly demand a space suited to their needs? Can women take...
In December, the leading lights of the climate and security community launched an unprecedented declaration to catalyse action in the field in front of 350...
Women are at the forefront of climate change, facing disproportionately high risks to their health, education, food security and livelihoods. The gendered...
Developing countries are in a pitched fight against the effects of climate change, and women, playing prominent roles in agriculture and household resource...
Natural resources rarely feature during peacebuilding efforts, but there is growing evidence that this is a mistake. The UN Environment Program and Department...
Source: IUCN
10 June 2009 - Women have considerable knowledge about water resources, including water quality and reliability, and are key to the success of...
Source: IUCN
28 September 2009 - Millions of lives will be lost if governments fail to recognize the importance of gender in the text currently under...