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Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Environment & Migration
Water
Asia
22 November, 2019

adelphi and ICCCAD hold climate fragility roundtable in Dhaka

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On 19 November in Dhaka, adelphi partnered with the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) to hold a roundtable and discussion on climate change and fragility risks in South Asia.

Climate Change
Security
Global Issues
22 November, 2019

The Responsibility to Prepare and Prevent

Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia, The Center for Climate and Security
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With the rapid rate of climate change and its likely implications for global security, the current world order will have to adapt – and adapt quickly. The difference between today and major global disruptions of the past is that though the risks are unprecedented, our foresight is unprecedented as well. This lays the foundation for a Responsibility to Prepare and Prevent (R2P2), a framework for managing the climate-security risks, which this report seeks to address.

The link between climate and security is clear; now is the time for action – Benedetta Berti, NATO

For security organizations, building societal resilience is crucial to ensure peace. Benedetta Berti, Head of Policy Planning at NATO, explains how NATO is preparing to respond to climate-related threats and looking to reduce its own energy consumption.

"Climate security is a topic because we know now that changes in climate can have security impacts, climate is a threat multiplier. Issues like desertification and water scarcity can lead to more instability, can fuel conflict, can fuel migration. So there is a very strong link between climate and security.

Land & Food
Security
Global Issues
20 November, 2019

Global Report on Food Crises 2019

Food Security Information Network (FSIN)
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More than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced acute hunger requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihoods assistance (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above) in 2018. This report illustrates in stark terms the hunger caused by conflict and insecurity, climate shocks and economic turbulence.

Climate Change
Environment & Migration
Asia
18 November, 2019

Dhaka Global Dialogue highlights link between climate security and migration

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One of the world’s lowest-lying countries invited international experts to discuss the security challenges related to climate change.

Climate Diplomacy
Global Issues
15 November, 2019

Speech by Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the briefing on the 25th UN Climate Change Conference

At a briefing ahead of the COP25, foreign minister Heiko Maas called for higher ambition for the European Union, which should act as a role-model to encourage other states to boost their commitments to climate action. He further reiterated the importance of supporting multilateralism and an international climate regime that is able to withstand setbacks, such as the US withdrawal of the Paris Agreement.

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German Federal Foreign Office
Climate Diplomacy
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Asia
15 November, 2019

adelphi and partners hold climate-fragility training in Nepal

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Nepal and Afghanistan face a number of serious climate-fragility risks, so adelphi brought together regional government officials and NGO experts for a training in Kathmandu on 9 November 2019.

Adaptation & Resilience
Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Finance
Global Issues
14 November, 2019

G20 Brown to Green Report 2019

Climate Transparency
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The Brown to Green Report 2019 is the world’s most comprehensive review of G20 climate action. It provides concise and comparable information on G20 country mitigation action, finance and adaptation.

Foreign affairs and national security as crucial entry-points for climate policy – Ottmar Edenhofer

Linking climate change and security is about recognising a real threat, but also serves to strategically focus the attention of states on the climate issue. Prof. Ottmar Edenhofer, Director and Chief Economist of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, emphasizes the need for foreign policy to support the UNFCCC process and remarks that safeguarding our common future leaves no space for making only one nation great.

Climate Change
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Global Issues
13 November, 2019

A Toolkit for Addressing Climate Fragility Risks

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Climate change is increasingly challenging global security and undermining peacebuilding efforts. UN Environment and the European Union have joined forces to address these challenges. With the support of adelphi, they have developed a toolkit on ‘Addressing climate-fragility risks’. This toolkit facilitates the development and implementation of strategies, policies, and projects that seek to build resilience by linking climate change adaptation, peacebuilding, and sustainable livelihoods, focusing on the pilot countries Sudan and Nepal.

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