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08 August, 2016

Justice and Contemporary Climate Relocation: An Addendum to Words of Caution on “Climate Refugees”

Maxine Burkett, New Security Beat

Kiribati

The idea that climate change is causing migration and displacement is entering the mainstream, but experts have warned against using the term “climate refugees” to describe what we’re seeing in small islands, coastal regions, and even conflict zones like Syria.

05 August, 2016

Ethnic diversity and climate change: lessons on the conditions that bring about conflict

Austin Miles, Guest Writers

A paper published last week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences tests the hypothesis that climate related natural disasters may be part of the cause of conflict in countries with high ethnic fractionalization.

Climate Diplomacy
Land & Food
Sustainable Transformation
Water
Asia
02 August, 2016

Why India and Pakistan Need to Review the Indus Waters Treaty

Dhanasree Jayaram, Manipal University

With the failure of July 14-15 talks held between India and Pakistan to settle concerns raised by the latter over the former’s dam projects (Kishenganga and Ratle) over the Western rivers (Jhelum’s tributary and Chenab respectively) of the Indus Basin (allocated to the latter under the Indus Waters Treaty), Pakistan has now decided to take the matter to the International Court of Arbitration (ICA), based in the Hague. While the political and legal battles over the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) continue to create headlines in the region, and across the world, there is another time bomb ticking beneath the surface.

Key Climate Risks and Adaptation in the South Pacific - Interview with Dr. Jon Barnett

In this interview, Dr. Jon Barnett points out key climate risks in the South Pacific and elaborates on factors that facilitate or hinder adaptation in the region. Dr. Jon Barnett is Professor and Australian Research Council Future Fellow in the School of Geography at Melbourne University.

This interview has been conducted at the Planetary Security Conference in The Hague, 2-3 November 2015. http://www.planetarysecurity.nl/

 

Climate Change
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Security
Global Issues
27 July, 2016

Climate-related disasters raise conflict risk, study says

Robert McSweeney

Extreme weather increases the risk of armed conflict in ethnically-diverse countries, a new study suggests.

Source:
The Carbon Brief
27 July, 2016

Building peace in fragile contexts: Lessons on conflict-sensitivity from South Sudan

Shreya Mitra, International Alert

Earlier this month, armed clashes between competing factions of South Sudan’s government broke out in the capital Juba, a day after the nation’s fifth anniversary of its independence. The conflict dates back to political events and factional fighting that first emerged in 2013.

Security
Water
Global Issues
Asia
26 July, 2016

Sorting Through Water Wars Rhetoric

Geoffrey Dabelko

The eye catching headlines are familiar.  “Water Wars” are imminent or already underway in the latest drought or dam-building hotspot. Such “wars” often extend to farmers battling over irrigation diversions, but at times countries are the players.  Senior leaders are often quoted suggesting transboundary water theft constitutes a casus belli. Security officials are obliged to investigate.

Source:
The Cipher Brief

ECC Exhibition at the University of Queensland, Australia

The exhibition “Environment, Conflict, Cooperation” (ECC), co-organised by The University of Queensland and adelphi, supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, is shown in Brisbane during 18th July and 4th August. The exhibition is accompanied by a public talk as well as a closing panel discussion:

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