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Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Development
Security
Asia
18 April, 2018

Impact of Climate Change on ASEAN International Affairs

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs & Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies

According to the Global Climate Risk Index, four of the world’s ten countries most affected by climate change are located in Southeast Asia: Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. This study examines the implications of climate change and climate policy for international affairs in Southeast Asia and for ASEAN as a multilateral organization.

Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Climate Change
Conflict Transformation
Environment & Migration
Security
Global Issues
20 April, 2018

Routledge Handbook of Environmental Conflict and Peacebuilding

Edited by Ashok Swain (Uppsala University) and Joakim Öjendal (University of Gothenburg)

The past two decades have witnessed the emergence of a large body of research examining the linkage between environmental scarcity, violent conflict, and cooperation. However, this environmental security polemic is still trying to deliver a well-defined approach to achieving peace.

Strengthening the African climate security agenda - Interview with Aliou Dia, UNDP

Security in the African continent is severly undermined by climate-related impacts such as droughts, floods and conflicts for resources. However, deep-seated ad-hoc approaches hinder a long-term perspective over the effects of these shocks on the continent's development.  Aliou Dia, Africa Team Leader Climate Change and Energy at UNDP, stresses the need to mainstream climate security in national and regional agendas as a development issue.

 

European Sustainable Development Week 2018

The European Sustainable Development Week (ESDW) is an initiative to facilitate the organization of activities that promote sustainable development across Europe. On this occasion, 10 embassies in Berlin, Germany, are engaging with the 2030 Agenda on the theme "Diplomacy for Sustainability" and organising innovative events around the SDGs.

Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Conflict Transformation
Energy
Environment & Migration
Security
Global Issues
18 April, 2018

ECC Newsletter Edition 02/2018

Newsletter

In the second ECC Newsletter 2018, we look into EU climate diplomacy, which steps up its work on climate-security. In the biggest refugee camp in the world, Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshis clash as natural resources become scarcer. A short film explains how climate change and migration are interlinked. Meanwhile, researchers screen peer-reviewed articles on climate and conflict and come across a selection bias in literature… Also included: Stranded assets - what happens with coal, oil and gas reserves in a world that rejects fossil fuels?

Climate Change
Energy
Security
Global Issues
18 April, 2018

"Energy transition is a necessary condition for a peaceful world"

Kerstine Appunn, Sven Egenter, Julian Wettengel (Clean Energy Wire)

Germany’s foreign minister Heiko Maas highlighted the security aspect of transforming national energy systems to renewable sources. “An energy transition is not a sufficient solution for but a necessary condition for a stable and peaceful world,” he said.

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Clean Energy Wire
Civil Society
Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Conflict Transformation
Security
Europe
Global Issues
17 April, 2018

Discussing climate security: EU climate diplomacy goes Talanoa

Stephan Wolters, adelphi

EU climate diplomacy is picking up momentum in 2018, focussing on the security implications of climate change. A number of pertinent steps serve to address the climate-security nexus as well as make advocacy efforts more systematic. The flurry of activities includes Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions, the preparation of a parliamentary report on climate diplomacy, and a high-level debate at the initiative of foreign affairs chief Mogherini.

Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Co-Benefits
Water
Asia
16 April, 2018

Water Cooperation in Central Asia - Interview with Benjamin Pohl

In an interview for the Water, Energy & Food Security Nexus Platform, adelphi's Benjamin Pohl gives insights into a recent study on water cooperation in Central Asia and explains how transnational water management can strengthen economic and political ties in the region.

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Water, Energy & Food Security Nexus
South America
Global Issues
North America
12 April, 2018

Argentina accused of caving to Trump by dropping carbon price from G20 talks

Annemarie Botzki, Climate Home

Argentina, host of this year’s G20 summit, has dropped carbon pricing from the agenda. But denied this was an attempt to accommodate Donald Trump’s US.

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Climate Home

How US Defense looks at climate security and what you can do – Interview with Sharon Burke

Increasing vulnerability of coastal military bases, an opening polar route in the Arctic, and global instability are main threats bringing climate change into the focus of the US Defense Department. Sharon Burke, Senior Advisor to New America and former Assistant Secretary for Defense, describes how the military balances preparedness for climate impacts with challenges arising from the current US government. She hints as to how other countries can support in positioning climate change higher on the US agenda.

 

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