Blogs & Opinions
Depleting Water Resources and Growing Risks of Water Wars
Sep 18, 2023
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Ahmad Ibrahim
Climate change, often regarded as byproduct of modern industrial society, has gradually transformed into a challenge with global ramification. The most concerning factor regarding climate…
Shifting the Climate Security Narrative: How the Department of Defense Can Lead
Sep 18, 2023
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Cara Condit
In 2021, US Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III referred to climate change as an “existential threat”—a term traditionally reserved for nuclear weapons. Yet two…
Shore up: Is climate crisis gender-neutral?
Sep 16, 2023
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Deccan Herald and Mallavica P Pillay
Bharathi, a 61-year-old woman, sustains herself by selling fish. She commences her day by waking up early, preparing food for her ill daughter, and diligently…
Women's livelihoods in vulnerable coastlines
Sep 15, 2023
A social and environmental anthropologist, Dr. Megnaa Mehtta, is interested in exploring the values, mythologies and ideas of well-being in global conservation and political ecology.…
Carbon Colonialism Has No Place in Liberia’s Forests
Sep 15, 2023
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Silas Kpanan’Ayoung Siakor
The fate of Liberia and its forests are entwined. Yet a new climate change deal, set to be announced at the UN climate change talks…
Why climate financing in Africa should focus on women
Sep 14, 2023
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The Nation
The climate crisis has taken its toll especially on women and girls in the Horn of Africa. Many smallholder farmers are women and girls who's…
Why Gender-Transformative Climate Literacy is Critical for Bhutan
Sep 13, 2023
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Thinley Choden
Globally, around 1 billion children (nearly half of the world’s children) live in countries with extremely high risk of climate change disasters, with girls being more vulnerable to…
Reflections from the Africa Climate Summit: A Missed Opportunity for Fragile States?
Sep 13, 2023
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Linda Wamune
Curtains have now drawn on the inaugural Africa Climate Summit, which sought to highlight Africa’s roadmap and role towards a sustainable energy transition through low…
How Could Ethiopia's Dam Dispute Escalate?
Sep 13, 2023
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Isaac Kaledzi
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam conflict has lasted for more than a decade without a resolution. Some experts warn that any further delays in settling…
Developing Climate-Resilient and Peaceful Societies through Evidence-Informed Training on Effective Programming
Sep 12, 2023
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Maylina St-Louis
Climate shocks and stressors, be they rapid-onset such as floods and storms, or slow-onset such as rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns, are increasing in…
Why the Oil Outage in Iraqi Kurdistan Continues
Sep 10, 2023
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Shahriar Sheikhlar
In the coming weeks, Kurdistan's oil and gas sector faces a pivotal moment that could reshape the region's geopolitical landscape. Since March 25, 2023, the…
United Nations on Climate Change and Gender Equity
Sep 9, 2023
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Lucy Buchholz
Selin Calik of United Nations and Clever Carbon’s Michelle Li discuss how we can encourage more women into the sustainability sectorWhat are your first thoughts…
Why the Africa Climate Summit Can’t Afford to Overlook Conflict
Sep 4, 2023
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Nazanine Moshiri
African leaders aren’t just pleading for help on climate change, they’re offering solutions too – but as they do so it’s critical to understand the…
The Unseen Battlefield: How Climate Change Fuels Global Tensions
Sep 3, 2023
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SOFREP
It’s not just about sweltering summers or dwindling polar ice. The effects of climate change are as complex and far-reaching as the issue itself. One…
Afghanistan’s Quest for Water Worries Central Asian Neighbors
Sep 3, 2023
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James Durso
Irrigating northern Afghanistan has been a priority for Kabul since Afghanistan’s first president, Mohammad Daud Khan, planned the canal in the 1970s. The Amu Darya,…
Ukraine War: After the Shooting Stops Landmines Will Keep Killing – as We’ve Seen in Too Many Countries
Aug 30, 2023
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Sarah Njeri
By the time the shooting stops the UN predicts that Ukraine will be one of the most mine-contaminated countries in the world. Deaths caused by…
The Space for Iraqi Climate Activism Is Dangerously Small, and Shrinking
Aug 30, 2023
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Maha Yassin
Iraq is at the deadly intersection of multiple major climate and environmental crises. The government’s attempts to mitigate the impact of climate change are too…
The Arms Trade and the Climate Crisis
Aug 30, 2023
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Rhun Dafydd
Remarkably, there is limited research and publicly available information about the connection between climate change and militarism, but the impact of war and the arms…
Gendering the Climate-Conflict Nexus
Aug 29, 2023
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Tobias Ide
The security implications of climate change have been high up on the political agenda for several years now. The UN Security Council, for instance, discussed…
How Iran's 'Miscalculation' Opened the Way for Taliban's Territorial Claims
Aug 29, 2023
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New Arab
In August 2021, the Taliban fighters seized control of the entire country through a rapid military campaign after a two-decade war. As the Taliban marched…
Mineral Wealth: An Important Factor in the Afghanistan Crisis
Aug 26, 2023
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Rakesh Giri Goswami
World history is full of evidence that says that wars over centuries were not fought only for prestige, but to show valour. The purpose was…
The Future of Development in the MENA Region Rests on Climate Security
Aug 23, 2023
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Kishan Khoday
The climate crisis is the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced, posing an existential threat to the future of civilization. At 1.2°C of warming, we…
Climate Change Is an Ally of Jihadists in Africa
Aug 21, 2023
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Abdoulie Ceesay
The coup in Niger is just the latest, and probably not the last. Across the Sahel, African nations are falling to military dictatorships. Are these…
Reflections on the UK Defence and Climate Change Report
Aug 18, 2023
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Linsey Cottrell
The UK House of Commons Defence Committee has released the Defence and Climate Change report, following their inquiry launched in May 2022. The report found…
What Ghana Teaches Us about the Intersection of Climate and Conflict
Aug 18, 2023
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Alex Gibson and Madeline Anderson
Climate change is shifting community dynamics, but supporting local peace committees and institutionalizing climate-responsive technologies and techniques are effective methods of fostering resiliency. Ghana has…
Russia Is Committing Grave Acts of Ecocide in Ukraine – and the Results Will Harm the Whole World
Aug 16, 2023
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Andriy Yermak and Margot Wallström
The people of Ukraine have grown cruelly familiar with war and death, inflicted on them by a nation state with vastly superior resources: they will…
Climate Change and National Security Strategies: Assessing a Growing Trend
Aug 15, 2023
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Anselm Vogler
The multifaceted and cross-sectoral nature of climate security issues connects virtually all fields of governance, and evokes a considerable variety of possible responses. These options…
How the Climate Crisis is Linked to Rising Domestic Violence in Lebanon
Aug 11, 2023
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Clara Diba
With rising temperatures there has also been a rise in domestic violence in Lebanon, but amidst an ongoing economic crisis & distrust in the justice…
Unlocking the Power of Education for Feminist Action in Climate Justice - Part 1
Aug 10, 2023
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Aashraya Seth
Climate change is an urgent global crisis that affects every aspect of our lives, from the economy to the environment. It is also a deeply…
Women This Week: Climate Change Perpetuates Inequality for Women
Aug 3, 2023
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Noël James
A new report by the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center at the Atlantic Council (Arsht-Rock) has illustrated the disproportionate impact that extreme heat is having on women…