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Engineering the Climate—or Deploying Disaster? Applying Just War Theory to...
As the national security ramifications of climate change grow more pronounced, climate manipulation technologies, known as geoengineering, will become more attractive as a method of staving off...
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This Indian Women’s Union Invented a Flexible Childcare Model
In 1971, the wives of textile workers in Ahmedabad, western India, became the main earners in their families overnight, after several large textile mills closed down. They were part of the 94 percent...
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Europe Takes the Lead in Climate, Energy, and Security
With the tumultuous NATO summit and a simmering trade war dominating stateside headlines last month, the European Union’s progress on climate-security connections has received little attention. After...
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Security Council Debates how Climate Disasters Threaten International Peace...
This article by Stella Schaller and Banjamin Pohl originally appeared on Climate Diplomacy.On 25 January 2019, the UN Security Council held an open debate to discuss the security implications of...
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From Resolution to Solution: UNEA’s Unique Opportunity to Tackle...
When the Fourth Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) takes place in Nairobi starting March 11, governments, international organizations, and civil society organizations will discuss issues...
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Achieving the SDGs: Three New UN Reports Call for Reoriented Policy Priorities
This summer, United Nations agencies published three reports that offer a sobering assessment of the current state of international security and development, focusing on multidimensional poverty,...
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Mountain Regions, ‘Taking the Heat,’ Face Growing Hazards As Ice Melts, UN...
This article by Brett Walton originally appeared on Circle of Blue.Rising concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are reshaping the world from the top down, according to a...
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To Address Climate Risks, Advance Climate Security in the United Nations
“Uncharted Territory” is a special series hosted by New Security Beat in celebration of the Environmental Change & Security Program’s 25th anniversary. In the series, a diverse group of ECSP...
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Water for the Most Vulnerable Could Help Stop Spread of Covid-19
“To attack water is to attack an entire way of life.” —International Committee of the Red CrossDevelopment specialists are sounding the alarm. The pandemic will not be stopped unless we provide safe...
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Reports Highlight the Need for Further Consideration of Gender, Climate, and...
In a recent Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) paper, Elizabeth Seymour Smith, a Research Assistant with SIPRI’s Climate Change and Risk Programme, explores the intersection of...
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COVID-19 Reignites Interest in Scenario Planning for Development … But Will...
Not since COVID-19 burst onto the scene a few months ago have so many individuals and institutions, outside the business, military, and intelligence communities, woken up to the need for a smart way to...
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Preventing the Next Pandemic: Zoonotic Diseases and Future Outbreaks
To recover from the devastating impacts of COVID-19, we will need to understand the risks and environmental factors that caused the novel coronavirus and other zoonotic diseases to emerge in the first...
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Refugees and COVID-19: A Closer Look at the Syrian and Rohingya Crises
“We all know that while no one is immune from the Covid-19 virus—and people of all types have caught the virus and died from it—it is the world’s most vulnerable communities that have suffered...
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The Environmental Collateral Damage of the South China Sea Conflict
Tensions in the South China Sea increased last April when a Chinese coast guard ship sank a Vietnamese fishing boat near the Paracel Islands—a fiercely disputed territory in the South China Sea....
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Climate Superpowers Could Alter Foreign Policy Landscape
“Climate change has the potential to be a very important confidence-building measure between the United States and China,” said Sharon Burke, Senior Advisor of the International Security Program and...
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Integrate Gender When Designing Climate Policy
The team of people tasked with coordinating the global climate change negotiations for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in 2021, we recently learned, consists entirely of men. While not...
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“Multilateralism is Back!” Climate Change, Equity, and 21st Century Diplomacy
“Climate change will upend the 21st century world order. From financial systems, migration patterns, and great power competition, to the potential unintended consequences of climate responses, and...
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An Internationalism that Protects: Why We Need to Reboot the Baruch Plan for...
The original version of this article, by Elizabeth L. Chalecki, appeared on the Council on Foreign Relations’ The Internationalist blog.New planet-changing geoengineering technology is available to...
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Why We Need a Climate Security Course-Correction for Stability in the Sahel
This article originally appeared on Climate Diplomacy.Not only is the Sahel highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, but it is also one of the regions where climate change is most likely to...
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Russia’s ‘Nyet’ Does Not Mean Climate Security Is off the Security Council...
This article originally appeared on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s (SIPRI) Expert Comments.On Monday, 13 December, Russia used its veto in the United Nations Security Council to...
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