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Climate Change
Security
Global Issues
05 December, 2019

Climate change and security: A short Q&A

Climate Security Expert Network

This overview explains why climate change is a matter of concern for international peace and security and how the UN system should deal with climate-related security risks. It poses and answers seven questions.

“Our nation is dependent on the elements of nature” – Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid, Maldives

Small island states may be the first to feel the impacts of climate change, but they will certainly not be the last. Abdulla Shahid, Minister for Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Maldives, speaks of the existential threat that climate change poses to small islands and reminds the international community that, should it fail to unite in this fight, the impacts of climate change will reach bigger, more developed countries.

Climate and Security in Latin America and the Caribbean: From Evidence to Policy Solutions

This side event will advance this debate, including around policy solutions, through the launch of the report Climate and Security in Latin America and the Caribbean, a partnership between two Brazil-based organizations: Igarapé Institute and Institute for Climate and Society (ICS).

A Call for Action: Prospects of new alliances around climate and security

Climate change is increasingly shaping international security. The session aims at making the COP community aware of the climate-security nexus and focus a debate on integrated risk analysis, mitigation and management. It will discuss potential pathways for action how to deal with climate-security risks in Latin America and beyond.

Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues
02 December, 2019

Give Me Five! – Key Blocks to Guide a European Green Deal for EU Foreign Policy on the Geopolitics of Decarbonisation

Dennis Tänzler (adelphi), Sebastian Oberthür (VUB-IES) and Emily Wright (adelphi)

Based on the findings from the report "Geopolitics of Decarbonisation" this policy brief focuses on six fossil-fuel exporting countries – Azerbaijan, Canada, Colombia, Indonesia, Nigeria and Qatar – where fossil fuels have played an important role in external relations with the EU and analyses how they may be affected by the decarbonisation of Europe.

Climate Diplomacy
Global Issues
02 December, 2019

10 Twitter Accounts to follow for Climate Diplomacy news during COP25

Climate action is best achieved through multilateral efforts involving an array of actors and stakeholders. The news coming out of climate talks can also be as wide and varied. To keep you posted on the latest happenings surrounding COP25 we'd like to share with you 10 of our favourite Twitter accounts.

Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues
02 December, 2019

Geopolitics of Decarbonisation: Towards an Analytical Framework

Daria Ivleva and Dennis Tänzler, adelphi

An increasing number of scholars and analysts point out that the necessary decarbonisation of the global economy will impact international affairs and geopolitics. But do we agree on what geopolitics of decarbonisation is (not)? This paper draws on the literature on both geopolitics and decarbonisation to help structure the discussion and identify pertinent questions about future trends.

Ethiopia’s recurring climate shocks leave no time for recovery – Sophia Gebreyes, LWF

While the world speaks of an upcoming climate crisis, some countries are already living it. Sophia Gebreyes, Ethiopia Country Director of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), explains that the country has over 3 million internally displaced people, most of which are either displaced by climate impacts or by conflict. With these conflicts mostly down to competition over resources, the prospect of a warming climate presents a challenge too big to bear.

Climate Change
Security
Global Issues
26 November, 2019

The Climate Security Expert Network goes online

adelphi

If the United Nations is to effectively deal with climate-related security risks, it needs expert support from every region. That’s where the Climate Security Expert Network comes in.

Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Land & Food
Sub-Saharan Africa
25 November, 2019

Ethiopia’s climate fragility and security linkage too serious to ignore

Milen Yishak, Independent Consultant on Environmental Diplomacy

Until recently, impressive economic growth, stable leadership and its attractiveness as a foreign investment hub put Ethiopia in a positive spotlight. However, the country still ranks low in human development and is highly dependent on rainfed agriculture, making it particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts. Combined with existing tensions and inequalities, climate vulnerability can exacerbate security risks. To mitigate these linkages, Ethiopia’s leadership should support implementation of conflict-sensitive climate change adaptation policies and include climate security in its conflict mitigation strategy.

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