26 March 2026

Powering Resilience: Why Energy Innovation Matters for European Security and Defence

Photo credit: Reuters. Smoke and fire are seen near a high-voltage line at a site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, outside Kharkiv, Ukraine, March 22, 2024.

Based on the Clingendael Powering Resilience Policy Brief.

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26 March 2026

Environmental Outlook on the Triple Planetary Crisis: Stakes, Evolution and Policy Linkages

The triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution poses an increasing threat to the environment and the economy. The Environmental Outlook aims to support an integrated policy approach that considers common drivers, pressures, and mutually reinforcing effects of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.
19 March 2026

Europe’s energy weakness is too great to ignore

This opinion article was originally published by Euractiv on 17 March, 2026. 

17 March 2026

How will climate security be addressed by the new Dutch government?

The new Dutch government, led by D66, VDD, and CDA has ambitious plans for climate, energy, and security. In this article, Pepijn Verhaak highlights three key takeaways: Strategic Autonomy, Vital Infrastructure, and Raw Materials.
26 February 2026

Climate damage caused by Russia's war in Ukraine

Assessment report by the Initiative on GHG Accounting of War, published with EcoAction and the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine, 20 February 2026.

17 February 2026

Risks to NATO Food Security in the Age of Hybrid Threats

Article by Lawfare, February 2026.

17 February 2026

Responding to the West’s environmental security paradox: organic national security and the contemporary state embrace of severe anthropogenic environmental degradation, contamination, and vanishing

Journal article published in Global Security: Health Science and Policy, July 2024.

09 February 2026

"We Are Building a Fortress on Quicksand": The Fatal Flaw in Europe’s Defence Boom

During the recent panel discussion, Florian Krampe argued that society should invest simultaneously in climate mitigation and defence. His solution? Dual-use capability investments.
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