08 June 2021

Climate Security Practice Spotlight - Resilience in Somalia

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.
07 June 2021

A Growing Crisis: The Launch of the World Climate and Security Report 2021

The Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) released its second annual World Climate and Security Report.
03 June 2021

Climate Tipping Points - An Unfolding Catastrophe?

A number of phenomena, termed "tipping points", create the risk of irreversible change within the context of climate change. If these points are surpassed, the results could be disastrous. What are these phenomena, how soon will they occur and what are their implications for climate security?
01 June 2021

Exploring the added value of climate journalism for Iraqi society

On 17 May 2021 Free Press Unlimited organised a webinar on the question: How can climate journalism increase resilience, peace and stability in Iraq? Journalists, consultants and media outlets from all over Iraq and close-by regions were present to discuss this topic.

20 May 2021

Climate Security Practice Spotlight - The Lake Chad Regional Stabilisation Strategy

The fraught humanitarian situation in the lake Chad basin is a complex problem with undervelopment, violent conflict and environmental crisis all playing a role. Climate change is a factor in creating livelihood stress which contributes to violent extremism. In a strategy to address the situation the Lake Chad Basin Commission and the African Union implement a number of climate security practices to build community resilience and foster peace.
11 May 2021

Climate Security Practice Spotlight - UN Peacekeeping in Mali

The MINUSMA UN intervention in Mali has been forced to confront the climatic causes of much of the violent unrest in Mali as unpredictable weather patterns and land stress begin to take their toll. To maintain the peace, MINUSMA has implemented a number of climate security practices alongside their traditional peacekeeping operations.
06 May 2021

Adaptation Recommendations for Climate Induced Displacement in Somalia

A new report from the international organisation for migration sets out the dangers that climate change poses to human security in Somalia through its ability to displace people from their livelihoods. It sets out a number of recommendations to integrate these people in society and adapt to the ill effects of climate change.
05 May 2021

Interview with first-ever NL Regional Envoy for Water & Energy Security in MENA

Tessa Terpstra, a deputy director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, talks to PSI about her experiences of climate security in the MENA region and where she sees its' future.
04 May 2021

Iraq's Growing Desertification Problem

Dr. Rana Alfardan of Iraq's Southern Technical University writes on Iraq's growing problem with desertification and possible solutions to it.
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