Briefer published by the Council on Strategic Risks, June 2025. 

On February 1-4 2022, The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) will be organizing the second 
Report launch event 'Climate Security in the Bay of Bengal' on 15 February (11.00 - 12.30 CET; 15.30 - 17.00 IST). Register here.   
The Bay of Bengal (BoB) region is emerging as an important focal point for climate security risks. This is largely due to a multi-layered interplay of geopolitical, geostrategic, and climate-related regional dynamics. It forms the final leg between West and East Asia.
The climate in the Middle East and North Africa is warming up twice as fast as the average global temperature rise, but in Iraq, this is ha
Solomon Islands is presently in the middle of civil unrest. Violence erupted over concerns that the government is increasingly operating under the unwarranted political influence of China. The impacts of climate change can be considered an underlying driver of the tensions.
The first-ever resolution calling for stepped-up international efforts to understand and respond to the implications of climate change for peace and security was vetoed by Russia on Monday, 14 December.