Climate change as a global challenge affects our security and defence policy and therefore directly impacts the Federal Ministry of Defence’s area of...
Following COP28, Jakob Gomolka, Tendai Kasinganeti and Héctor Morales Muñoz summarize the findings of their African Climate Security Risk Assessment (ACRA)...
Attending the COP28 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai on Friday (1 December 2023), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg underlined that...
This executive summary of the forthcoming African Climate Security Risk Assessment summarises insights on climate change, peace, and security in Africa. The...
With food systems reported to account for 15% of global fossil fuel use, a new study raised the alarm on food production reliance on petrochemicals ahead of the...
Human rights advocates want the International Criminal Court to begin gathering evidence on the way climate-amplified extreme weather, heat, drought and...
This chapeau report from the stocktaking study on climate security and SSG/R explores security sector roles in climate and environmental security, drawing...
Recent years have seen a growing body of evidence regarding the adverse impact of climate change on peace and security, notably through diminishing livelihoods...
In 2021, US Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III referred to climate change as an “existential threat”—a term traditionally reserved for nuclear weapons. Yet...
From climate change to biodiversity loss, food waste to conflict, these colliding disasters must be tackled together, and sustainable agrifood systems are key...
During the NATO summit in Vilnius on the 11th and 12th July, NATO Leaders discussed critical challenges in enhancing NATO’s deterrence and defence and fostering...
This second edition of of NATO’s Climate Change and Security Impact Assessment responds to the demand for increased Allied awareness of the impact of climate...
Climate change poses a risk to global food security. Weather and climate extremes, such as prolonged drought, heavy rainfall and heatwaves, can lead to harvest...
Addressing the impacts of climate change on security risks is one of the top priorities for many current and former members of the Security Council. As recent...
While it has long been known that conflict drives food insecurity, the Dangerously Hungry report shows that the inverse is also true: Food insecurity drives...
This thematic review analysed 74 projects supported by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund that responded to climate-security issues or...
The culmination of the IPCC Sixth Assessment cycle, the recently published synthesis report makes clear the contribution of climate change to global security.
Debates about different visions for the future international order are often abstract and theoretical. By invading Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has...
The Summit in Madrid in June this year was NATO’s most important Summit since 9/11. In addition to the release of the new Strategic Concept, a radical change in...
Much of the food that we consume today involves trade. However, climate targets, and the way in which emissions are reported, do not sufficiently reflect this...