This policy brief argues that security sector governance and reform (SSG/R) can provide a middle ground that enables the military to deal with the challenges of a warming climate.

There were more internally displaced people and refugees in 2020 than any other year in history. This trend will only increase as climate change results in more and more extreme weather, with disastrous humanitarian conseuquences.

Climate change has worsened droughts in the cross-border Greater Karamoja Cluster, resulting in conflict between pastoralist groups. A programme by FAO and IGAD fosters cross-border cooperation on natural resource sharing and livestock health initiatives, building peace.

A new article by Luxembourg Minister of Defence Francois Bausch discusses key policy recommendations for NATO and the EU in order to better integrate green considerations and climate-proofing the defence and military sectors.

At the NATO summit today in Brussels leaders approved the NATO 2030 agenda which, among other things, sets NATO on a path to adapt to climate change and bolster climate security.

A variety of international actors, including the UN, are working with the government of Somalia to help the country adapt to climate change. The risks the country faces from climate change include farmer-herder conflict, extremist group recruitment and arable land scarcity. In order to combat these risks the government is, among other things, instituting safety nets to increase shock resilience and making more traditional adapative efforts like building dams.