The Escazú Agreement is a legal instrument for environmental protection, but it is also a human rights treaty. Its main beneficiaries are the people of the...
This paper lists existing guidance notes on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in conflict contexts, as well as outlines key lessons to successfully implement NbS in...
The intensity and visibility of wartime environmental damage in Ukraine has helped focus attention on who is collecting data, and for what purpose. On the...
As exclusion is a key driver of climate vulnerability, insecurity and conflict, climate action for peace can only happen in conjunction with a focus on...
Fires pose a major risk to the landscape of the South Caucasus region. With climate change, this risk will likely increase as temperatures become warmer...
The war in Syria has now entered its 12th year, leaving a long-lasting humanitarian impact on the country as hundreds of thousands of people have been killed...
The recent recognition by the UN General Assembly and the UN Human Rights Council of the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a...
Today we face the double, interlinked emergencies of human-induced climate change and the loss of biodiversity, threatening the well-being of current and future...
Perhaps more than any other area of climate and environmental issues, reaching a binding global commitment to forests has remained elusive. As a result, the...
This UNEP synthesis report,“Making Peace With Nature: A scientific blueprint to tackle the climate, biodiversity and pollution emergencies,” communicates how...
For years, land and environmental defenders have been the first line of defence against climate breakdown. Yet despite clearer evidence than ever of the crucial...
Nature and its vital contributions to people are deteriorating worldwide, and the goals for conserving and sustainably using nature and achieving sustainability...
Shortly after releasing a report on its climate change strategy in July 2017, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations presents a new...
Climate change is amplifying the risk of extreme weather disasters by increasing the destructive power of storms and floods. At the same time, rising seas...
While research on climate change and urban violence are independently strong, few efforts have been made to understand the linkages between them. To date, there...
After cyclone Aila hit the coast of Bangladesh in 2009, migration has become the only option for many families whose livelihoods where impaired by the resulting...
World-wide, cities are on the advance. Today, they host more than half of the world's population and every minute, their population grows by 140 people: 200,000...