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Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Global Issues
19 May, 2017

Climate change legislation sees huge increase

Alex Kirby

More than 1,200 climate laws have been introduced since 1997, with a sharp rise in the number of countries legislating since the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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Climate News Network
Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Development
Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues
17 May, 2017

Catalysing the Implementation of NDCs in the Context of the 2030 Agenda through South-South Cooperation

UNFCCC Secretariat
Policy Brief

South-South cooperation (SSC) as a complementary means of implementation provides great opportunities for developing countries to advance sustainable development pathways, in line with the Paris Agreement on climate change, individual Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda.

Should the UN Security Council deal with climate change? Interview with Dan Smith

Dan Smith, Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, talks about why climate change with its destabilizing effects will inevitably land on the agenda of the UN Security Council and further elaborates on what the UNSC’s main tasks will be in this regard.

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Land & Food
Security
Water
Middle East & North Africa
15 May, 2017

NATO Report on Food and Water Security in the MENA Region

NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Documents

The NATO Parliamentary Assemblies’ Science and Technology Committee drafted a new report on Food and Water Security in the Middle East and North Africa. The report underlines that pressures on natural resources and connected impacts on food production are factors that contribute to the (in-) security of the MENA region. The document summarizes causes as well as possible technical and governance approaches to improve food and water security in the region. The initiative shows that the role of environmental resources is increasingly taken seriously in the sphere of security policy. The Science and Technology Committee will discuss the draft and recommendations to NATO countries at the Spring Session in Tbilisi from 27-29 May.

 

Climate Change
Security
Global Issues
15 May, 2017

What quantitative analyses tell us about climate change and conflict

Adrien Detges, adelphi

Whilst a growing number of studies are appearing that analyse the statistical relationship between climate change and violent conflict, the implications for policy makers often remain unclear. In this article, Adrien Detges points out what quantitative analyses can tell us about climate change and conflict and highlights their limitations.

2017 Environment and Emergencies Forum

The Forum will bring together approximately 100 practitioners from around the world to showcase innovations in environmental emergency preparedness and response, and to highlight current efforts on integrating environmental risk in humanitarian action. You will meet representatives from governments, UN agencies, industries, academia, aid agencies, and civil society. Participants come from a broad background but share the objective to improve environmental emergency preparedness and response, environmental management, disaster risk reduction and humanitarian action.

Out of the Ashes comes the Phoenix – Interview on SDGs with Amina Mohammed

Amina Mohammed is UN Deputy Secretary-General and former Minister of Environment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. She talks about how the new concept of sustainable development as part of the SDGs with a focus on concepts of resilience and adaptation will help to manage the multiple risks that Nigeria is facing. She points out in particular how the younger generation has to play an integral part in building much needed partnerships.

Adaptation & Resilience
Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Climate Change
Land & Food
Sub-Saharan Africa
Global Issues
Asia
10 May, 2017

Food Security in a Changing Climate: Priorities for the G20

Ruth Delzeit, Kacana Sipangule and Rainer Thiele, T20 Germany

Without concerted efforts to help small-scale farmers raise productivity and adapt to climate change, the G20 will not come close to attaining its goal of securing global food systems, argue Ruth Delzeit, Kacana Sipangule and Rainer Thiele.

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blog.t20germany.org
Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Energy
Europe
10 May, 2017

Emmanuel Macron vows climate action as French president

Megan Darby, Climate Home

Emmanuel Macron promised to promote international cooperation on climate change in his victory speech on Sunday, after being elected president of France.

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Climate Home
Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Security
Sub-Saharan Africa
Global Issues
09 May, 2017

Stockholm conclusions on climate-fragility risks around Lake Chad

Stella Schaller and Janani Vivekananda, adelphi

At the 2017 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development from 3 - 4 May, adelphi, in partnership with SIPRI and SEI, convened two sessions on climate change and fragility risks in the Lake Chad region, to discuss the different approaches and next steps for building resilience.

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