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The Rio Convention Mini-series, part III: Biodiversity, Climate Change and Desertification in the Peace and Security Realm

Part 3/3 –  Land, Peace and Security By: Sandor Madar Photo: Tatacoa Desert, Colombia, 2013 – photo (c) Frank Plamann...

The Rio Convention Mini-series, part II: Biodiversity, Climate Change and Desertification in the Peace and Security Realm

Part 2/3 –  Climate Change, Conflict and Forced Displacement By: Sandor Madar No Escape Report of UNHCR, Source: UNHCR (2024),...

The Rio Convention Mini-series: Biodiversity, Climate Change and Desertification in the Peace and Security Realm

Part 1/3 – Peace with Nature: Biodiversity Conservation, and Peace and Security By: Sandor Madar Photo: Páramo, Colombia 2014 –...

The White Paper one year on: The way forward for environmental peacebuilding

One year after the launch of the White Paper on the Future of Environmental Peacebuilding, Oli Brown and Carl Bruch...

Takeaways from the 2022 Berlin Climate Security Conference

By: Anneka Williams Last week (October 11-12) I had the opportunity to attend the Berlin Climate and Security Conference (BCSC)...

Why managing sand sustainably is a gritty problem

Sand from fragile rivers, beaches, and the sea floor is being mined to meet the vast demand for construction materials,...

The Science of Destruction

In 1965, 29-year-old Dang Hong Nhut was visiting her husband in the Chu Chi region of Vietnam when the planes...

Who defends the defenders?

Niloufar and her seven detained colleagues from the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation They came for Niloufar more than a year...

UNEA: The most important environmental meeting that most people have never heard of

As I write, delegates are starting to arrive in Nairobi for the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). The Assembly starts...