The Planetary Security Initiative proudly presents another highly relevant policy brief. Co-authored by Shiloh Fetzek and Lieutenant Commander Oliver-Leighton (Ret.) this brief concerns the Caribbean, a region highly exposed to a wide range of climate change impacts including more frequent or intense tropical storms, changing precipitation patterns (more intense rainfalls and drought), sea level rise and ocean acidifcation.

The Planetary Security Initiative (PSI) is pleased to launch a new report, Climate Security – Making it #Doable. It reviews progress made in the past year on addressing climate-related security risks despite geopolitical turmoil.

The conflict situation in Central Mali is not uniform all over. There are (still) many places where potential for much more efficient use of natural resources is high, and where the local population has a will to realize that potential.

At the Planetary Security Conference 2019 BlackShore’s Cerberus crowd augmented mapping platform will be demonstrated live showing the importance of using satellite imagery to help us to deeper understand remote areas. Cerberus involves a gamified crowdsourcing solution in which we ask the general public to help generate knowledge in the form of maps. Using actual satellite imagery the public is asked to spot elements of interest such as the declination of land- use, drought, infrastructure and any other indicators teaching us something about how populations are using their environment.

More than thirty PSI Youth Fellows will participate in the upcoming Planetary Security Conference in The Hague on 19th and 20th February 2019.

New research from an international group of academics claims to have established a definitive causal path from climate change to violent conflict and in turn migration. Academics from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria and the University of East Anglia (UEA) found that climatic conditions, by affecting drought severity and the likelihood of armed conflict, played a significant role as an explanatory factor for asylum seeking in the period 2011–2015.