Blogs & Opinions

Somalia’s New Climate Roadmap as a Blueprint for Peace

Jul 29, 2025 | Ann-Sophie Böhle and Kheira Tarif

Somalia’s new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)—the country’s roadmap for climate mitigation and adaptation—does more than outline the country’s climate ambitions. It recognizes the connections between…

Water Serves as Glue of South Asian Climate-Security Axis

Jul 27, 2025 | Nazrin Sadigova

As the global power axis shifts toward Asia, China’s growing role in South and Southwest Asia places it at the forefront of advancing regional climate…

Water Wars: A Historic Agreement between Mexico and US Is Ramping up Border Tension

Jul 25, 2025 | Natasha Lindstaedt

As climate change drives rising temperatures and changes in rainfall, Mexico and the US are in the middle of a conflict over water, putting an…

Paying the People: Liberia’s Novel Plan to Save Its Forests

Jul 21, 2025 | Fred Pearce

Illegal logging and deforestation are on the rise in Liberia, home to almost half of West Africa’s surviving tropical forests. Corruption is rife, and cocoa…

Africa’s Minerals Are Being Bartered for Security: Why It’s a Bad Idea

Jul 21, 2025 | Hanri Mostert and Tracy-Lynn Field

A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one where a country…

The Myth of Mineral Blame in Eastern Congo’s Endless Wars

Jul 21, 2025 | Tessah Keza

Recent developments in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have once again brought media attention to the country’s long-suffering eastern provinces. As coverage resurges, so…

Water Wars in the Making: Are We Headed for Conflict over Access to Aquifers?

Jul 19, 2025 | Maria Faith Saligumba

In a world where water is becoming more precious than oil, are we unknowingly marching toward a future rife with conflict over this essential resource?…

Who Really Profits from Myanmar’s Rare Earths?

Jul 18, 2025 | Min Zan

Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of 17 metals that play a crucial role in modern technology. Despite their name, they are relatively abundant…

A Case Study of the Ukrainian War: How War Impacts the Environment

Jul 15, 2025 | Dakota Mikita

Conflicts across the world have been a detriment to the environment around them. In Ukraine, natural environments have been devastated by the war, with occupation…

Is Peace Enough? Why Sustainability Requires More Than Stability

Jul 15, 2025 | Richard Marcantonio

Around the world, conflict and environmental risks are on the rise – and they’re often connected in complex ways. In the past five years alone,…

Water Wars: Why South Asia and Africa Must Act before Rivers become Frontlines

Jul 14, 2025 | Queenie Nair

While leaders continue to treat water disputes as peripheral an environmental or technical challenge to be solved by engineers and bureaucrats the truth is far…

Gender, Climate and Conflict: Women Building Resilience in Bangladesh’s Fragile Zones

Jul 12, 2025 | Major Shajeda Akter Moni
Daily Sun

Following June 2024’s flash floods, when over 2.1 million Sylhet and Sunamganj inhabitants lost all, they had, Shaharima Sharna emerged. A LoGIC community mobiliser, she…

‘Natural’ Opportunities for Dialogue with North Korea

Jul 9, 2025 | Saleem Ali

As President Trump considers ways to reengage with North Korea, he might consider environmental cooperation as a way to open a new opportunity for dialogue.…

Fossil Fuels Feed Wars, Green Energy Fuels Peace

Jul 8, 2025 | Thais Lopez Vogel

While the world rightly views the climate crisis as the most urgent threat posed by our dependence on oil, coal and gas, there’s another, often…

New Security Beat Finds a New Home

Jul 8, 2025 | Lauren Herzer Risi

In the wake of last week’s devastating floods in Central Texas, and with the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on the horizon, new data underscores…

Extreme Weather and War: How Climate Change Fuels Global Tensions

Jul 5, 2025 | Shah Fahad

When we think of climate change, melting glaciers and rising sea levels may come to mind. But climate change does more than just affect the…

Lesotho Highlands Water Project: Centre Local Voices in the Climate Change, Conflict and Peacebuilding Nexus

Jul 5, 2025 | Kgomotso Komane

The rise of conflicts in societies has been attributed to a multitude of factors ranging from political, socio-economic grievances to ethnic and religious hostilities. Poverty,…

Minerals for Peace? How to Make the Rwanda-DRC Deal Stick.

Jul 4, 2025 | Lewis Mudge

A US-brokered peace deal, signed on June 27 between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, will link economic integration and respect for territorial…

Legal Pluralism in Practice: Colombia’s New Framework for Indigenous Territorial Self-Government

Jul 3, 2025 | Marzia Genovese

In May 2025, the Colombian government took a historic step toward realising a long-delayed constitutional promise: by means of a decree, it recognised the right…

Who’s Blowing up Oil Tankers That Carried Russian Oil?

Jun 30, 2025 | Jim Geraghty

Limpet mines are explosives placed on the side of ships, usually attached with magnets. At least four, and perhaps five oil tankers getting damaged by…

Red Lines of the Indus

Jun 27, 2025 | Alexander Limansky

India’s decision to impose a water blockade on Pakistan threatens to destabilise the region once again. What are the reasons behind this latest hostile move…

Could Trump's Congo-Rwanda Mineral Deals Actually Save Lives?

Jun 27, 2025 | Dan M. Ford and Kenya Sanchez

There may be a light at the end of the tunnel as representatives from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are hoping to end…

Critical Minerals, Fragile Peace: The DRC-Rwanda Deal and the Cost of Ignoring Root Causes

Jun 27, 2025 | Mvemba Phezo Dizolele

On Friday, June 27, in Washington, DC, the foreign ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda are set to sign the…

Experts React: The DRC and Rwanda Agreed to a US-backed Peace Deal. Can Critical Minerals Help End This Conflict?

Jun 27, 2025 | Atlantic Council

On Friday, the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a US-brokered peace deal aimed at ending a brutal…

Chocolate Hope: A Mission to Develop Sustainable Agriculture in Colombia

Jun 27, 2025 | Diana Drake

Olivia Ospina-Lerner is working with farmers to improve cacao production in La Argentina, a small, isolated community, and to provide infrastructure, fertilizer, and education. She…

DRC’s Peace Deal with Rwanda Risks Swapping War for Resource Exploitation

Jun 26, 2025 | Lindani Zungu

The United States-mediated peace agreement to be signed between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda on June 27 – a development ostensibly…

Building a Climate-Resilient Viet Nam: Strengthening Women’s Role in Agriculture and Leadership

Jun 20, 2025 | Caroline Nyamayemombe and ITO Naoki
UN Women

As one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world, Viet Nam is facing an escalating climate crisis. Rising sea levels and increasingly severe disasters…

Powering the Future: Striking Deals to Secure Critical Mineral Supply Chains

Jun 19, 2025 | Joseph Boudreau

Despite an administration change at the beginning of the year, key US defense priorities have remained the same. Among these priorities is the revitalization of…

Suspending the Indus Waters Treaty: What It Means and Why It Matters

Jun 18, 2025 | Jiedine I.A. Phanbuh

On April 23, 2025, India announced the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) following an attack that killed more than 20 tourists in Indian-administered…

Governance Failure: The Root of Nigeria’s Farmer-Herder Crisis

Jun 16, 2025 | Thomas Samuel

The failure to address systemic issues, such as outdated land-use policies like the 1978 Land Use Act, exacerbates tensions by fostering ambiguous land tenure systems…