Climate Change
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Armed Conflicts and Their Environmental Impacts: Toward a Global Legal Framework for Promoting Environmental Sustainability
2026
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Asian Journal of Water, Environment, and Pollution
Mohammad Alsalmi, Omar Alatawil Doaa Badran, Mahmoud Abdelhady, Naser Alsherman, and Ehab Alrousan
In an era marked by intensifying armed conflicts, the protection of ecosystems and natural resources has become an urgent global imperative. This study aims to…
Navigating the Overlap of Climate-Induced and Conflict-Induced Displacement: Perspectives from Humanitarian Practitioners in the Philippines
2026
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npj Climate Action
Sheryn See, Aaron Opdyke, and Susan Banki
Disasters, conflict, and climate change increasingly intersect, forcing communities to flee and trapping them in cycles of displacement. Yet, humanitarian responses remain fragmented, often addressing…
More Than Three-Quarters of Environmental Migration in Somalia Is Driven by Water Deficiency for Food and Livestock Production
2026
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Nature Food
Sinafekesh Girma Wolde, Paolo D’Odorico, and Maria Cristina Rulli
Global hydroclimatic extremes are drivers of human displacement in Africa, particularly within farming, pastoralist and agropastoralist communities. Somalia experienced five consecutive failed rainy seasons in…
Climate Security, Migration and Fragility
2026
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European Commission
Teresa Talò
This brief examines how climate change interacts with conflict, fragility and human mobility. Evidence shows that climate change rarely acts as a direct cause of…
The East Asian Climate-Warfare Nexus Underwent a Paradigm Shift across Pre-Industrial and Industrial Eras
2026
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Scientific Reports
Huan Chang and Miao Fang
East Asia, marked by exceptional climatic diversity, high population density and rapid development, faces severe transboundary climate-security risks under anthropogenic climate extremes. Understanding the climate-warfare…
Ecocide: Criminalising Serious Harm against the Environment
2026
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T.M.C. Asser Press
Laura Burgers, Merle Kooijman, Stavros Evdokimos Pantazopoulos, and Christophe Paulussen
This book explores the concept of ecocide and critically assesses how the criminalisation of serious harm against the environment fits within international criminal law broadly…
Confluence Beyond Borders in a Changing Climate: Dialogue for Cooperation in Central Asia and Afghanistan
2026
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Stockholm International Water Institute
Martina Klimes
This report examines the growing risks to water security in Central Asia and Afghanistan as climate change accelerates glacial melt, alters river flows, and increases…
Regional Policy Coherence for the Great Green Wall Initiative: Restoring Land and Sustaining Peace: The Great Green Wall and the Climate–Peace–Security Nexus in Africa
2026
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Africa Union
Climate change poses an escalating threat to Africa’s development, peace, and security. Despite contributing minimally to global emissions, the continent faces disproportionate loss and damage…
Episode 756: Environmental Peacebuilding Law [Video]
2026
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Project Save the World
Metta Spencer
Carl Bruch, an environmental lawyer who founded an organization looking into the impact of war on the environment. Alex Belyakov is a consultant producing, with…
Drylands as Frontlines of Adaptation: A Shift Away from the Climate-Conflict Narrative
2026
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Cambridge University Press
Lina Eklund
Drylands account for a disproportionate share of the world’s armed conflicts, a pattern frequently interpreted through the lens of resource scarcity – where climate change…
"Global Environmental Challenges" in Feminist Foreign Policy Analysis
2025
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Cambridge University Press
Carol Cohn and Claire Duncanson
Any discussion of ‘gender perspectives on X’ or ‘feminist approaches to Y’ must acknowledge and respond to the extreme precarity of the historical moment in…
Populism, Post-truth Politics and Disaster Risk: Challenges for Governance and Marginalised Communities
2025
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DRR Dynamics
Kevin Blanchard
This policy brief explores the intersection of populism, post-truth politics, and disaster risk governance, with a focus on their impacts on marginalised groups. Populism, characterised…
Conflicts and Trends to Watch in 2026
2026
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Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Jessica Anania, Vicka Heidt, Anna Tuohey, and Jessica M. Smith
Entering 2026, the global security landscape is defined by record-high levels of armed conflict, democratic backsliding, geopolitical fragmentation, and an accelerating climate crisis—dynamics unfolding alongside…
Towards Environmental Peacebuilding in Nepal: Understanding Violence, Addressing Conflicts, and Strengthening Governance
2026
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Centre for Social Change
Pratiksha Giri, Dipin Subedi, Prasansa Thapa, Prakash Bhattarai, and Pawan Roy
This report explores environmental peacebuilding as a strategy for converting shared environmental challenges into avenues for dialogue, cooperation, and trust among conflicting groups in Nepal.…
Agenda for Environmental Peacebuilding in Nepal
2026
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Centre for Social Change
This ‘Agenda for Environmental Peacebuilding in Nepal’ addresses a critical challenge: environmental degradation, resource-based conflicts, and climate change are threatening not only ecosystems but the…
East Consortium: Research on Climate-Sensitive Programming and Social Cohesion in the DRC
2026
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Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, Concern Worldwide, Danish Refugee Council, and Première Urgence Internationale
The DRC has endured three decades of recurring crises, including armed conflicts, rebellions and community conflicts, leading to increased violence, widespread insecurity and mass displacement…
L'Adaptation au Changement Climatique : Vers une Transformation Structurelle du Secteur de L'Aide Internationale
2026
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Groupe URD
Jérôme Faucet
If current trends continue, the world is on course for a temperature increase of almost +2.9°C by the end of the century, resulting in more…
'Still Struggling with the Commons': An Overview of Progress & Problems Securing Community Lands in Africa (Brief No. 08 of "Transforming Conservation: From Conflicts to Justice" Series)
2026
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Forest Peoples Programme
Liz Alden Wily
This Brief provides main findings from a study of all land and resource laws in force in Africa in 2025 to assess the legal status…
Integrated Assessment of Climate-Related Security Risks for Peace and Security in Blue Nile, Sudan, and Their Gender Dimensions
2026
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UNEP
Hector Morales Munoz, Lukas Rüttinger, and Yosr Khèdr
The Blue Nile State in Sudan is grappling with a severe and escalating crisis, marked by an intensifying conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)…
The International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: A New Mandate for Climate Security
2026
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Toda Peace Institute
Emma Whitaker and Atieh Khatibi
This report examines the historic advisory opinion delivered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on July 23, 2025. The opinion reframes climate change as…
Climate, Peace and Security in the UN Security Council
2026
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Danish Institute for International Studies
Helene Maria Kyed and Justine Chambers
Geopolitical divisions, funding cuts, and US withdrawal from climate commitments are placing renewed strain on addressing climate, peace and security (CPS) in the UN Security…
Gendered Dimensions of Climate-Related Security Risks in the OSCE Area
2026
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
This report examines how climate change is exacerbating security risks across the OSCE region through gendered and intersectional pathways. Drawing on policy mapping and stakeholder…
The Effects of Climate Change on Security
2026
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NATO Science and Technology Organization
This report analyses how climate change rapidly transforms NATO’s strategic environment. Four case studies are presented: the northwestern parts of Africa, the Arctic, the east…
"We Are Building a Fortress on Quicksand": The Fatal Flaw in Europe’s Defense Boom [Video]
2026
Florian Krampe
At the Austrian National Bank, Dr Florian Krampe delivers a wake-up call to European policymakers: The massive reallocation of capital toward defense is destined to…
From Crisis to Resilience: Climate Solutions for Positive Peacebuilding
2026
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UNDP Climate Promise
This publication brings together practical, country-led experiences that illustrate how climate action can also contribute to peace and stability in fragile and conflict-affected settings. As…
Global Water Bankruptcy: Living Beyond Our Hydrological Means in the Post-Crisis Era
2026
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United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health
Kaveh Madani
Published on the occasion of UNU-INWEH’s 30th anniversary, and ahead of the 2026 UN Water Conference, this flagship report, Global Water Bankruptcy: Living Beyond Our…
Climate Security and Climate Justice, Recognizing Context in the Sahel
2026
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Australian Journal of Emergency Management
Tor A. Benjaminsen
Benjaminsen explores the complex interplay between climate change, security and justice in the Sahel region of West Africa. He emphasises the importance of understanding historical,…
Armed Conflict and Climate-Induced Weather Disruptions in Agricultural Input Use: Evidence From Ethiopia
2026
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Journal of Agricultural Economics
Hailemariam Ayalew, Guush Berhane, Meseret Wondale, and Clemens Breisinger
The recent surge in violent conflicts, intertwined with climate-induced drought shock, is jeopardizing decades of development progress in many low- and middle-income countries. This study…
Climate-Related Disasters and Temperature Extremes Are Not Associated with Conflict Risk in Pacific Island Countries
2026
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Environment and Security
Tobias Ide, Ore Koren, and Luke Derrick
Concerns about climate change and conflict are ubiquitous. Systematic research on the climate-conflict nexus in the Pacific is lacking, despite the region’s high vulnerability to…
Transhumant Pastoralism, Climate Change, and Conflict in Africa
2026
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The Review of Economic Studies
Eoin F McGuirk and Nathan Nunn
The authors consider the effects of climate change on seasonally migrant populations that herd livestock—i.e. transhumant pastoralists—in Africa. Traditionally, transhumant pastoralists benefit from a cooperative…