In the first article of our December edition of the Monitor, Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to the African Union and Head of the
On 3 December 2023, for the first time in the history of the annual climate change conference, COP28 will feature peace, relief, and recovery as a thematic day.
The importance of addressing the challenges posed by climate change has become increasingly important on the global agenda.
We begin this edition of the Monitor with a contribution from Cheryl Hendricks, who writes about rethinking peace and security in the current global context. She argues that existing normative frameworks
Climate-related extreme weather events and conflict are making their mark globally, co-occurring and reinforcing each other in a vicious circle, complicating efforts to build and sustain peace.
This COP represents a pivotal opportunity for adaptation to garner comparable political attention to the longstanding focus on mitigation.
This policy and practice brief discusses the significance of community values in addressing climate related security risks.
Although Zambia does not experience violent conflict, the negative effects of the impact of climate change, compounded with other risk factors, can pose a challenge to human security
A sustaining peace perspective on climate change shows that the effects of climate change can exacerbate the drivers of conflict, and conflict can undermine the resilience of communities to cope with climate change
Southern Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to climate change due to its physical exposure to weather events, low adaptive capacity and high dependence on climate sensitive livelihoods.