Blogs & Opinions
Why Addressing the Climate Crisis Can Help Build More Sustainable Peace
Florian Krampe, Farah Hegazi, and Stacy D. VanDeveer
Thirty years of research underlies the realization that climate change poses substantial national, international and human security risks, but analysts have only recently shifted their…
Myths About Food Security and Water
Eckart Woertz
Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali famously warned in 1988 that the next war in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) would be over water—not…
What Has Happened to Gender Provisions in Peace Agreements?
Agathe Christien
The world seemed to be making slow but steady progress on the inclusion of gender sensitive provisions in peace agreements. References to women and gender had…
Responsibility to Prepare
https://climateandsecurity.org/responsibilitytoprepare/
The 21st Century will be defined by unprecedented risks and unprecedented foresight. International security institutions and governments have a “Responsibility to Prepare” for this future.
Day 9: Feminism and Food Sovereignty
Pamela Elisa Caro Molina
Food sovereignty offers opportunities to advance women’s rights within the food system, but we must also work to restore gender relations within rural families and…
Deforestation in Post-Conflict Colombia
Juan Vargas
Economists on Peace contributor, Juan Vargas, on the surprising environmental outcomes that followed the FARC peace agreement.
Sometimes the Label of "Conflict Minerals" Simply Shouldn't Apply
International Council on Mining and Metals
The mining and metals sector attracts a great deal of attention from policy makers, think tanks, academics, non-governmental organisations and organisations such as ICMM. So…
Kirkuk and the Kurdish Referendum
Yasar Yakis
After the announcement of the date for Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence referendum, the debate has shifted to the provinces it will cover. Kurds claim Kirkuk is…
Climate, Conflict, and Refugees: Examining the Impact of Environmental Change on Human Security
Arundhati Ponnapa
“There’s a long list of crises that can have a natural resource base,” said Anne C. Richard, former assistant secretary of state for population, refugees,…
New Amnesty Report Provides Insights into the Diamond Trade in Central African Republic
Kasper Agger
The Central African Republic (CAR) has been rocked by renewed violence this week with 36 people killed and 42,575 displaced persons over the last few days. A new report from…