22 June 2021

Climate Security Practice Spotlight – Cross Border Cooperation in the Greater Karamoja Cluster

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.
18 June 2021

Luxembourg calls for security and defence policy expansion 

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.
14 June 2021

NATO Leaders Reaffirm Importance of Climate Security at Key Summit

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.
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.
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