The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - with the support of scientific partners from CIMA Research Foundation, United Nations University, and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - have officially released and presented the World Drought Atlas at the UNCCD COP16 in Riyadh.

On the 24th of November, COP29 - dubbed the ‘finance COP’ - came to an end after two weeks of heated negotiations on how to ensure that climate financing reaches emerging and developing economies. Other issues such as the climate-conflict-peace nexus also featured high on the agenda in Baku.

Climate security impacts in the UK have a direct impact on the EU. Not only will many EU countries face similar climate challenges as the UK, but the Union also has very close economic, military and political relations with the UK.

In November 2024, the Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence (CCASCOE) announced its first publication on climate change and security.

In Somalia, climate change disproportionately disrupts agricultural and pastoral livelihoods, driving harmful practices, such as resource overexploitation, which exacerbate conflicts.

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.