In June 2023, the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) launched the Practical Approaches for Climate, Peace and Security Programming Repository. This platform – with nearly 800 enrolled users – is a collection of best practices, lessons learnt and know-how on climate, peace and security programming collected from the UN system, civil society and researchers. It aims to support the operationalization of the climate, peace and security (CPS) programme cycle by providing practical examples of project design, planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. The platform also puts an emphasis on analysis and discussing cross-cutting areas such as the role of gender and youth, migration and transhumance in climate, peace and security programming.

As a basis for CPS analysis and action, practitioners have unprecedented access to online data platforms. To understand the options available and which tools are good for which purposes, the UN Community of Practice on Climate, Peace and Security established a quantitative data use sub-group to map existing data tools, facilitated by the Climate Security Mechanism. The group worked on a mapping, aimed at helping CPS analysts, RCOs (and local policy entrepreneurs) to understand how quantitative data applications can inform integrated climate peace and security work. In support of these efforts, UNSSC developed a Data Analytics for CPS module. The new module offers insights on the topic of integrated data analytics for climate, peace and security. It zooms in on the challenges faced in cross-sectoral data integration, how integrated data assessments can aid programming, and provides a short collection of integrated climate-security data tools.

In collaboration with the Climate Security Mechanism and the UN Community of Practice on Climate Peace and Security Quantitative Data Use Sub-Group, UNSSC is organizing an online launch event which aims to:

• Disseminate the new module to the public
• Present two to three data platforms featured in the module and their application to climate, peace and security programming
• Foster an exchange among participants on current uses, challenges and needs relating to data analytics for climate peace and security

Registration

The online event is meant for users of the UNSSC CPS repository and other practitioners who are interested in understanding what options exist for incorporating quantitative data into climate, peace and security approaches. Please click on the link below to register for the event.

To register: https://unssc.zoom.us/meeting/register/G3AUxy0bTxO9ACtGjch8ew#/registration