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El Niño in Colombia and heatwaves in Europe: A lesson on climate vulnerabilities, resilience and adaptation

Sandor Madar In July 2026, while Europe was making headlines for record-breaking temperatures and devastating forest fires, I found myself freezing in...

After the Funding Cliff: Glide, don’t Crash…

Oli Brown and Esther Waters-Crane 2025—with its perfect storm of Trump 2.0 and the failure of the international community to...

Beyond business as usual series: Critical minerals, geopolitics and violence in the 21st century

By Oli Brown for Trustworks (see original here). The latest grim chapter in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s bloody history...

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,...

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