Blogs & Opinions

Before the Next Shock, the World Needs a ‘Marshall Plan’ for Food Insecurity

Mar 14, 2023 | Adam Gallagher and Arif Husain

In recent years, the world has seen a host of interconnected challenges, with a crisis in one part of the world setting off epiphenomenal emergencies…

IWD23 Protecting Women Environmental Defenders in Conflict

Mar 8, 2023 | Peixuan Xie

Environmental defenders, or environmental human rights defenders, are individuals and groups who strive to protect and promote human rights relating to the environment, by protecting…

Women Are Necessary for Ukraine’s Relief, Recovery and Reconstruction

Mar 8, 2023 | Jess Keller

Ukrainian women and civil society organizations (CSOs) are on the frontlines of the war advancing peace and security. Women have taken on new roles and…

The Impact of Climate Change on Women and What Investors Can Do

Mar 7, 2023 | Morgan Stanley

Climate-related issues such as water scarcity, natural disasters and access to electricity have a disproportionate effect on at-risk female populations. Here’s what investors can do. Climate…

Gender Bonds: A Far-Reaching Solution Towards Empowerment and Climate Resilience

Mar 7, 2023 | Shireen Muhiudeen

In 1908-15,000 women marched through New York City, USA, demanding for shorter hours, better pay and voting rights.

In 1911 – International Women’s Day was observed…

Women are Neglected in Peace Building. That Needs to Stop.

Mar 7, 2023 | Noraida Endut

There should be more women at the negotiation table to achieve gender equality and inclusiveness in peace processes.

War is dangerous. But it is even more…

Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan and the Matter of River Nile Water

Mar 5, 2023 | Tirusew Asefa

Every roadblock in the tripartite negotiation between Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Sudan leads to one issue: Nile water use allocation. As it stands, both Egypt…

How Russia’s War on Ukraine Is Threatening Climate Security

Mar 2, 2023 | Oli Brown

The war is an existential threat for Ukraine, but its impacts go well beyond the immediate devastation that it’s causing, particularly with regard to the…

How Russia’s War on Ukraine Is Threatening Climate Security

Mar 2, 2023 | Oli Brown

The geopolitical consequences of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine are coming into focus as the invasion enters its second year. The war is an existential…

Separate or Relational and Truly Rational? A Few Notes on Gender, Nature, and Modernity’s Patriarchal Heritage

Mar 1, 2023 | Jan-Olav Henriksen

Everything that lives is constituted by relationships with everything else. Accordingly, it is of profound importance if we understand ourselves as conditioned by, dependent on,…

Reflecting on the First Climate and Security Practitioners Dialogue

Feb 28, 2023 | Ginevra Cucinotta and Marie Herman

Recent years have seen a growing body of evidence regarding the adverse impact of climate change on peace and security, notably through diminishing livelihoods, compounding…

Water and Conflict: Updates from the Russia-Ukraine War

Feb 28, 2023 | Angus Soderberg

The first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is also a reminder of the long-term challenges faced by that embattled country, including one of the…

Who Is Conservation? Removing Barriers for Women Working in the Environmental Field Will Only Make Conservation as a Whole More Effective.

Feb 24, 2023 | Robyn James

More women are studying and working in conservation than ever before. Robyn James, TNC’s director of gender and equity in the Asia-Pacific Region, examines how institutional…

One Year of War in Ukraine: The View from Resource-Rich Developing Countries

Feb 23, 2023 | Suneeta Kaimal, Ana Carolina González Espinosa, Susannah Fitzgerald, Antonio Hill, and Amir Shafaie

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has uniquely affected developing countries rich in oil, gas and minerals. Translating resource wealth into economic and energy pathways that benefit…

Why Environmental Groups Must Oppose War

Feb 23, 2023 | We Advocate Thorough Environmental Review

The US government has been involved with fighting or funding wars for much of the past 80 years, so the question for us, as Americans,…

Environment, Peace and Conflict Research: The Need for Constructive Dialogue

Feb 22, 2023 | Tobias Ide

Environmental factors play an increasingly important role for the dynamics of peace and conflict.  Analysts are discussing whether unusually severe droughts lead to the onset…

Colombia’s ‘Total Peace’ and Climate Change

Feb 22, 2023 | Andres Revis, Juheon Lee, Margarida Soares Rodrigues

According to a 2021 Global Witness report, Colombia was the country with the highest number of documented killings of environmental activists in 2019 and 2020.

At the…

Amid China-India Border Row, Rapid Development Takes a Toll on Himalayan Wildlife, Environment

Feb 19, 2023 | Abhishek Sharma

India and China’s 16th round of negotiations over their border conflict ended yet again last July without any breakthrough. As India boosts its military investments and infrastructure along its disputed…

Arms Are Not Enough: Solutions for the Sahel Must Consider Climate

Feb 17, 2023 | Sinéad Barry

On February 25, Nigeria will begin voting for its new president in one of the most tightly fought elections in decades. And the most likely…

Arms Are Not Enough: Solutions for the Sahel Must Consider Climate

Feb 16, 2023 | Sinéad Barry and Janani Vivekananda

A focus on counter-terrorism by Nigeria and international actors operating in the Lake Chad basin is by no means misplaced. On February 25, Nigeria will…

International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Looking at Indian Women in Climate Science and Research

Feb 15, 2023 | Tamanna Sengupta

While the Indian government is attempting to encourage more women scientists through awards and growth schemes, true success requires systemic change and mindset shifts.

Cuban Women Play Outstanding Role in Facing Climate Change

Feb 15, 2023 | Juan M. Garcia

Women's outstanding role in fighting climate change was appreciated on Sunday in the development of the Increasing Resilience of Agricultural Ecosystems in Cuba (IRES) project…

Women Climate Crusaders Step Up to Make Climate Action Inclusive

Feb 15, 2023 | Manka Behl

Nagpur: Nineteen-year-old Hina Saifi from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, is working at the grass roots level to empower women with eco-friendly resources and improve air quality.…

Women's Contributions to Solving the Climate Crisis

Feb 15, 2023 | Rebecca Goldfine

The Environmental Studies Program partnered with The Nature Conservancy in Maine to bring together a panel of women who are working at the intersection of…

South Sudan’s Oil and Water Give It Bargaining Power – but Will It Benefit the People?

Feb 12, 2023 | Harry Verhoeven and Francois Sennesael

Much of Africa has spent 2022 facing sharp increases in the costs of energy and food driven by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the strengthening of the US dollar.…

Environmental and Political Reconciliation Needed for the South China Sea

Feb 8, 2023 | James Borton

More than 625 million people of the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) depend upon a healthy global ocean. Meanwhile, coral reefs are dying…

After COP27, What Are the Options? An Introduction to Plan E

Feb 4, 2023 | Elizabeth G. Boulton

There is wide agreement that the Paris Agreement and subsequent COP meetings, while involving myriads of well-intentioned people, are hitting the hard limits of what…

Egyptian Water Security and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Why Ethiopia Has the Upper Hand

Feb 1, 2023 | Elliot Winter

Water scarcity is a growing problem. It can be demand-driven, typically caused by population growth, and supply-driven, typically caused by decreasing amounts of fresh water…

Climate Change in the Security Council: What New Council Members Can Achieve in 2023

Jan 30, 2023 | Adam Day, Janani Vivekananda, and Grazia Pacillo

2023 could be a good year for advancing climate-related issues in the United Nations Security Council. The two-year terms of elected Council members like India,…

Discreetly Tackling Climate Action Through Earth Diplomacy

Jan 30, 2023 | Gabriel Gomes Couto

The window of opportunity for humanity to prevent major climate disasters is rapidly closing, and the multilateral system is not responding quickly enough. Multilateralism is…