Blogs & Opinions
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Its Discontents
Feb 28, 2024
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Amit Ranjan
Building a dam on the Nile has caused major geopolitics tensions in the region and has the potential to fuel dispute between countries on the…
UN: Climate Change and Food Insecurity Threaten Global Peace
Feb 27, 2024
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BusinessMirror
Climate change and food insecurity are intertwined challenges that have far-reaching implications for global peace and security. The consequences of climate change, such as rising…
After War, Afghanistan’s New Battle: Climate Disasters
Feb 27, 2024
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Meladul Haq Ahmadzai
During the war, Afghanistan grappled with climatic disasters amidst competing priorities. Today, post-war, the nation confronts exacerbated challenges of climate change, contending with issues like…
Liberia Conservation Works Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods to Preserve Liberia’s Forests
Feb 26, 2024
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FrontPage Africa
Over two thirds of Liberia’s land is covered by forests, with over half of the country’s residents living within walking distance of a forest and…
How the UN Environment Assembly Can Help Addressing the Environmental Impacts of War
Feb 21, 2024
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PAX
On February 26, UN Environmental Assembly (UNEA) – the world’s top decision-making body on the environment – will begin its Sixth Session in Nairobi, Kenya.…
Waters of Conflict
Feb 19, 2024
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Joshua Frank
The situation is beyond dire. In 2023, it was estimated that upwards of three billion people, or more than 37% of humanity, faced real water shortages, a…
Ticking Boxes: Are Military Climate Mitigation Strategies Fit for Purpose?
Feb 19, 2024
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Linsey Cottrell
Many sectors face difficult challenges in reducing their GHG emissions in order to achieve net-zero targets by 2050. Healthcare is estimated to be responsible for…
Debate at the UN Security Council: The Impact of Climate Change and Conflict on Food Security
Feb 17, 2024
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Planet Security Initiative
On the 13th of February 2024, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) convened under the initiative of Guyana to debate the interconnection between the global…
Climate Action Can Help Fight Hunger, Avoid Conflicts, Official Tells Security Council, Urging Greater Investment in Adaptation, Resilience, Clean Energy
Feb 13, 2024
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UN
With the accelerating climate crisis and multiplying conflicts, over 330 million people were affected by acute food insecurity in 2023, the Secretary-General told the Security Council…
Conflict in Sudan’s Breadbasket Threatens Food Supplies Nationwide
Feb 13, 2024
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Hannah Button
In a new Alert, FEWS NET analysts reported that nearly one-third of the population of Sudan is in need of emergency food assistance, making it one…
The Complicated Relationship Between Climate, Conflict, and Gender in Mozambique
Feb 12, 2024
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Gracsious Maviza, Mandlenkosi Maphosa, Giulia Caroli, Thea Synnestvedt, and Joram Tarusarira
Individuals face immense challenges in displacement contexts, particularly where climate, conflict, and displacement intersect. In Mozambique, climate impacts have combined with conflict to displace nearly a…
What is the Eco-Gender Gap?
Feb 12, 2024
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Scarlett Stokes
The responsibility for saving the world from the ravages of climate change should not be a gendered issue. However, multiple studies have found that women,…
US Military’s Clean Energy Initiatives
Feb 9, 2024
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Simran Rathore
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has been fast-tracking clean energy advancements to bolster military safety, ensure energy security and cut cost. The US military’s efforts…
Why Gaza’s Dire Water Crisis Has Been Decades in the Making
Feb 8, 2024
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Yasmine Hafez and Marianne Dhenin
As early as 2017, Unicef estimated that 96 per cent of the water from Gaza’s sole aquifer was unfit for human consumption. Before Israel launched its Gaza…
Does Reporting Military Emissions Data Really Threaten National Security?
Feb 7, 2024
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Linsey Cottrell
Attention on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues continues to increase. In turn it is helping organisations understand and reduce their adverse impacts on ESG…
Peace Is Necessary to Give the Climate a Chance
Feb 6, 2024
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Sabine von Mering
Climate action and peace go together. We have known for some time that climate change is a threat multiplier and that there is a climate…
Weakened Infrastructure and Climate Change: The Threat to Water Security in Nineveh
Feb 6, 2024
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Nabaz Mohammed and Dylan O’Driscoll
The Iraqi agriculture sector employs roughly 20 percent of the country’s workforce. It is the second largest contributor to the gross domestic product after the oil…
Deconstructing Indian Discourses and Practices on Climate Change and Security
Feb 6, 2024
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Dhanasree Jayaram
India’s perspectives on climate security are usually characterized by its positions on the issue in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). While India has so…
Do We Have the Data to Realise Gender-Inclusive Climate Action
Feb 6, 2024
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Open Data Watch
The problem: Addressing climate change without inclusive data risks leaving behind the world’s most vulnerable, including women and girls. A closer look at gender-related data through…
Bridging the Global Gender Chasm in 2024: Need For More Steam?
Feb 3, 2024
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Arundhatie B. Kundal
A sluggish global economy and growing geopolitical tensions compounded by a looming climate crisis have erected multiple roadblocks that have thwarted concerted efforts to bridge…
From Gaza to Sudan, Conflict Is Driving a Rise in Hunger Worldwide
Feb 1, 2024
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Dylan Scott
In 2015, the UN set the ambitious goal of eliminating world hunger by 2030. Over the last decade, though, all that progress has started to…
Water: A Platform for Peace in the Tides of War
Feb 1, 2024
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Ellen Pokorny, Cécile Pillon Hue, and Katie Goldie-Ryder
Sabotaging civilians' access to water during an armed conflict is a war crime that violates international humanitarian law. Yet, many belligerent forces resort to using…
NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence to Open in Montréal: What Does It Mean for Canadian Security?
Feb 1, 2024
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Ryan Atkinson
This year Montréal is set to become the home for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s new Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence (CCASCOE). The…
International Banking Projects and Restoring the Lower Dnipro’s Ecosystems
Jan 31, 2024
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Oleksiy Vasyliuk and Eugene Simonov
International development banks are extremely important participants in Ukraine’s recovery. It is important for civil society to engage in dialogue with them, and banks must…
Six Questions to Level Up Your Climate + Gender Strategies
Jan 30, 2024
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Natalie Shriber
A growing number of climate investors are recognizing that applying a gender lens can deepen their climate impact – and accelerate a just economic and climate…
Lessons to Advance Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Through Climate Action
Jan 29, 2024
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International Development Research Centre
Climate change remains one of the major challenges of our time, with countries in the Global South being the most affected. Emerging research shows that…
Gender Diversity and Trust Will Boost Climate Action in 2024
Jan 23, 2024
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Maria Mendiluce
I spent last week in the small mountain town of Davos along with global business leaders, politicians, academics and members of civil society who came…
Water, Corruption, and Security in Iran
Jan 23, 2024
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Eleanor Greenbaum
This past summer was the hottest on record, bringing devastating impacts to many global communities. Iran was one of many nations that faced both debilitating…
Environment and Security | Q&A with Editor in Chief, Ashok Swain
Jan 22, 2024
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Wilson Center
From Afghanistan, Nepal, and Libya to the Arctic, the new issue of Environment and Security takes a fresh look at emerging issues at the intersection…
The All-Male COP29 Committee is a Big Step Backwards for Climate
Jan 19, 2024
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Nella Canales, Isabelle Mallon, Laura Del Duca and Trevor Grizzell
The recent appointment of an all-men committee, with members linked to the country’s oil and gas industry, to organize this year’s Cop29 climate summit in Azerbaijan…