The Heat and the Fury

On the frontlines of climate violence

As a journalist on the climate security beat, Peter Schwartzstein has been chased by kidnappers, badly beaten, detained by police, and told, in no uncertain terms, that he was no longer welcome in certain countries.

A critical knowledge gapCities will play a key role in humanity’s future. More than half  of the world’s population (57 per cent) lived in urban areas in 2022 and the share is projected to reach almost 70 per cent by 2050.
Last week, world leaders and defence professionals have met at the 75th NATO Summit in Washington D.C., where they discussed issues such as the war in Ukraine, the Eastern flank, deterrence and innovation.
Sustainable security: Reducing Emissions in Military Supply ChainsOn July 10, 2024, the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS
Revisiting the Commission on Climate Change and Development in the polycrisis contextDuring the first decades of climate policy discourse and multilateral negotiations, most attention was given to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
In April 2024 the Climate Adapt website of the European Union published a publicly available tool to visualize the impacts of climate change in Europe.
Global militaries are some of the largest carbon polluters on the planet. Yet we still know very little about their overall contribution to climate change. Militaries generally do not report their emissions to international climate bodies.