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Oil and gas reserves worthless? – Stephan Wolters about stranded assets

80% percent of the world’s coal and up to half of the world’s oil and gas need to stay in the ground. These reserves and all the infrastructure that’s being built to extract them is what we call stranded assets. These fossil fuels are concentrated in a few countries which are extremely dependent on them for revenues and incomes – think of Libya or Venezuela. These countries need to adapt quickly because there is no escape from this global trend. The earlier they do so, the better they will be off.

Security
Europe
09 March, 2018

European Union steps up its efforts to become the global leader on addressing climate-related security risks

Niklas Bremberg and Malin Mobjörk

On 26 February 2018 the European Union (EU) adopted its latest Council Conclusions on Climate Diplomacy following a Council Meeting of Foreign Ministers in Brussels. These Council Conclusions are much more action-oriented than those adopted previously. They illustrate not only that the EU is stepping up its efforts to become a leading global actor when it comes to fulfilling the 2016 Paris Agreement on Climate Change...

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Adaptation & Resilience
Climate Change
Global Issues
06 March, 2018

Linking climate change adaptation, peacebuilding and conflict prevention - Policy Brief

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Linking climate change adaptation, peacebuilding and conflict prevention

This policy brief explores the way in which linking climate change adaptation and peacebuilding measures presents opportunities and challenges for conflict prevention. It argues that integrating these two sectors could play a major role in preventing the triggering and escalation of climate-related conflicts and in promoting peace. However, integrating climate change adaptation and peacebuilding remains a challenge for practitioners. This policy brief outlines the key issues that must be resolved in order to make progress towards a more holistic approach and greater resilience.

UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)

The meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2018 convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council will be held from Monday, 9 July, to Wednesday, 18 July 2018; including the three-day ministerial meeting of the forum from Monday, 16 July, to Wednesday, 18 July 2018.

Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Security
Europe
06 March, 2018

EU takes the lead in Climate Security

Planetary Security Initiative

On 27 February 2018, as reported in Council conclusions 6125/18, the EU Foreign Affairs Council adopted conclusions on climate diplomacy. It marks the formal signaling of EU’s Foreign Ministers to make climate security a priority...

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Energy
Asia
28 February, 2018

Winning the Blue Sky Battle: Will China’s Energy Transition be Just?

Lina Li and Emily Wright, adelphi

After releasing a policy paper on China's rising climate leadership in a changing world, our team received a letter from Washington. It raised a fundamental question: is China able to take up this role, as climate change is now part of broader political and economic agendas? The authors of the policy paper now respond to this letter and argue that the key to the ultimate success is a just energy transition.

 

European Climate Diplomacy - adelphi's Alexander Carius on EU's response to climate-security risks

The European Parliament hosted on 20 February 2018 a workshop to discuss how to strengthen climate foreign policy and feed recommendations into a report on climate diplomacy. adelphi's Director Alexander Carius participated by holding a talk on "EU responses to climate security risks". In the following video, he discusses with Arne Lietz and Nick Mabey the current European approach to dealing with climate-related security risks and looks into steps that can be taken in order to enhance the EU’s response.

 

Links between migration and climate change

The connection between migration and climate change has become a priority for climate diplomacy. In view of future climate risks, it is important to analyse how climate change can impact migration pathways and what approaches will help to address climate-induced displacements - both within and between countries. It is clear that one has to allow for the immense complexity of the phenomenon. Interviews with experts from the Planetary Security community: Francesco Femia, Kitty van der Heijden, Hammou Laamrani, Dan Smith, Michel Rademaker and Tom Middendorp.

 

Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Security
Europe
21 February, 2018

European regional organizations and climate-related risks: EU, OSCE and NATO

Niklas Bremberg, Uppsala University

This SIPRI Insights presents a concise analysis of how three regional intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) in Europe with a security mandate — EU, OSCE and NATO — are responding to climate-related security risks. Together, these three IGOs are the main Europe-based regional organizations involved in European and international security.

Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Conflict Transformation
Environment & Migration
Security
Global Issues
16 February, 2018

Security at home can only happen if there is stability abroad – Interview with NATO Director Jan Broeks

adelphi

The traditionally unassuming role played by security organizations in climate deliberations is being turned upside-down. As climate threats undermine global security, military agencies and reactive bodies must look at climate change as more than just an environmental issue. We spoke to Jan Broeks, Director General of the International Military Staff at NATO, at the Planetary Security Conference 2017 about NATO’s role in this shifting paradigm.

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