In June 2020, the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced persons in the Council of Europe tabled a motion for a new resolution, wherein the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe would study the growing relationship between climate change and migration.

On 23rd September 2021, the UN Security Council held a high-level open debate on climate and security under the Chairmanship of Ireland. The provisional agenda for the 8864th meeting of the Security Council focused on the maintenance of international peace and security: Climate and security.

Permafrost, or perennially frozen soil, which occupies around a quarter of the Northern Hemisphere’s territory, may not be as permanent as its name suggests. Over the past 30 years, permafrost has warmed between 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius.

On 23 September 2021, the UN General Assembly in New York hosted the first-ever UN Food Systems Summit. During the UN General Assembly High-level Week, UN Secretary-General António Guterres lead the historic Food Systems Summit with the aim of transforming global food systems to achieve Sustainable Development Goals set out for 2030. The focus of the summit was on ambitious new actions, exploring innovative solutions, and revolutionize present-day global food systems to make them more sustainable for all.

On 2 September 2021, the Planetary Security Initiative of the Clingendael Institute along with partner organization EcoPeace Middle East organized a digital dialogue ”Climate change: Entry point for regional peace in the wider Middle East?” Four distinguished speakers from the MENA region reflected on the potential options for environmental peace

A new SIPRI paper sets out the current and future role of climate security with the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). The OSCE is a regional security body that encompasses 57 states across Europe, North America and Asia.

A new Carnegie Europe Publication argues that as the EU implements its internal European Green Deal, there must be a concurrent push in its external affairs to implement climate action. This can go hand in hand with another major EU goal: to become a stronger geopolitical power. The EU already has a number of programmes that seek to do this, but the paper’s authors argue that the EU’s focus on carbon emissions reductions has meant that support for far-reaching systemic change which can underpin ecological stability and balance has been neglected.

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