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Planetary Security Conference 2017

Climate-related risks are increasingly recognised as a key factor – and at times a key driver – of human insecurity and even conflict. Understanding the linkages between climate and security is essential for decision-makers and practitioners to develop and implement risk-reducing, conflict preventive and sustainable policies and approaches to climate-related risks. The Planetary Security Initiative (PSI) is the institutional home of these efforts.

Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Global Issues
27 July, 2017

How can diplomats contribute to a successful COP23?

Address by Patricia Espinosa to Embassies in Berlin on COP23

The UN’s top climate change official Patricia Espinosa briefed today embassies in Berlin regarding the UN climate conference in Bonn in November (COP23, 6 – 17 November). She shared shared how diplomats can contribute to making the Paris Agreement operational and highlighted where they can support ministers and leaders back home.

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UNFCCC
Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Climate Change
Land & Food
Asia
27 July, 2017

Climate Change in Afghanistan - What Does it Mean for Rural Livelihoods and Food Security?

World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA)

Climate change in Afghanistan is not an uncertain, “potential” future risk but a very real, present threat— whose impacts have already been felt by millions of farmers and pastoralists across the country. In this report, it is shown how drought and flood risks have changed over the past thirty years, and what impact this has had on rural livelihoods and food security in the country.

Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Energy
26 July, 2017

The Hamburg G20 Summit Outcome on Climate and Energy

Christoph Bals, Gerrit Hansen, Lutz Weischer
The world has passed the ‘Trump Test’ on climate. At the G20 Summit in Hamburg, all 19 partners with the exception of the new U.S. Administration stood united in their support for the Paris Agreement and its swift implementation.
Adaptation & Resilience
Climate Change
Energy
Gender
Global Issues
26 July, 2017

The Future of Clean Energy is Female

Lou del Bello

Tomorrow's megacities will be more crowded, but also greener. What's in them for women as they increasingly demand a space suited to their needs? Can women take the lead in designing more sustainable cities?

Conflict Transformation
Water
Global Issues
Asia
26 July, 2017

Hydropolitics: Transboundary River Basins and Political Tensions

Jacob Petersen-Perlman, Lucia De Stefano, Eric Sproles and Aaron Wolf

The impacts of new dams and diversions are felt across borders, and the development of new water infrastructure can increase political tensions in transboundary river basins. International water treaties and river basin organizations serve as a framework to potentially deescalate hydro-political tensions across borders.

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Sustainable Security
Climate Diplomacy
Global Issues
17 July, 2017

Climate Diplomacy Week 2017 - Highlights

It was supposed to be a week - but it became two! The Climate Diplomacy Week 2017 was programmed for 19-25 June, however, one week proved insufficient to fit the wide range of events by embassies around the world. The extension of the Climate Diplomacy Week until 2 July shows the need for and engagement of embassies and diplomats, but also the widespread interest of the public in taking part on climate action.

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Highlights
Adaptation & Resilience
Climate Change
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
North America
17 July, 2017

Podcast: Storm surge in the New Jersey coastal area

Aubrey Paris, ISGP

One of the most pressing—and distressing—climate change impacts faced by the world is storm surge, a storm-induced increase in water level exceeding normal, tidal levels. Storm surge is becoming more of a threat to coastal communities due to rising sea levels, since higher sea levels mean higher “normal, tidal levels” before surge even occurs. Affected communities face risks to their homes, infrastructure, and livelihoods, but what can we do about the problem, aside from abandoning coastal communities altogether?

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ISGP’s “The Forum": Episode 20
Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Asia
13 July, 2017

China and its climate leadership in a changing world - From passive follower to constructive shaper of the global order

Lina Li and Stephan Wolters (adelphi), Dr. Yang Fuqiang (Natural Resources Defense Council)
Policy Brief

Substantial changes are underway in a number of countries and in international politics. Time is also running short for the global community to tackle climate change. Donald Trump’s election as US president and the US’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement has cast a long shadow over international climate cooperation and diplomacy. The world community is looking to China to help fill the leadership vacuum in international climate politics. This discussion paper seeks to provide a list of concrete recommendations for operationalising China’s global climate leadership and the rationale for why China should go for it.

Climate Diplomacy
Land & Food
Global Issues
13 July, 2017

Giving food back the value it deserves: a global fight against food losses and waste

Margherita Bianchi and Daniele Fattibene, International Affairs Institute

Food is an undeniable human right that for many years has been interpreted either as a pure gastronomic topic or in terms of humanitarian assistance. These visions have totally disregarded the complex dynamics that are linked to its production and distribution.

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