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Integrated Assessment of Climate-Related Security Risks for Peace and Security in Blue Nile, Sudan, and Their Gender Dimensions

2026 | UNEP
Hector Morales Munoz, Lukas Rüttinger, and Yosr Khèdr

The Blue Nile State in Sudan is grappling with a severe and escalating crisis, marked by an intensifying conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)…

The International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: A New Mandate for Climate Security

2026 | Toda Peace Institute
Emma Whitaker and Atieh Khatibi

This report examines the historic advisory opinion delivered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on July 23, 2025. The opinion reframes climate change as…

The Effects of Rebel Environmental Governance on Vulnerability: Evidence from Hezbollah in Lebanon

2026 | Typescript Uppsala University
Michaela Peters-Salah

Millions of people live in places that are controlled or contested by rebel groups. Many of these people are also subject to the compounding vulnerabilities…

The Effects of Climate Change on Security

2026 | NATO Science and Technology Organization

This report analyses how climate change rapidly transforms NATO’s strategic environment. Four case studies are presented: the northwestern parts of Africa, the Arctic, the east…

"We Are Building a Fortress on Quicksand": The Fatal Flaw in Europe’s Defense Boom [Video]

2026
Florian Krampe

At the Austrian National Bank, Dr Florian Krampe delivers a wake-up call to European policymakers: The massive reallocation of capital toward defense is destined to…

Climate, Conflict and the Development Squeeze [Audio]

2026 | In Pursuit of Development
Florian Krampe and Dan Banik

Dan Banik and Florian Krampe explore how climate change is reshaping development and security debates -- not as a single cause of conflict, but as…

Critical Minerals and Contested Sovereignty: Inside the US–DRC Agreement

2026 | Public Citizen, Friends of the Congo, United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society, and Earthworks

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has endured escalating violence and upheaval since the 2022 revival of a historic regional conflict. Rwanda-backed M23 and…

Global Water Bankruptcy: Living Beyond Our Hydrological Means in the Post-Crisis Era

2026 | United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health
Kaveh Madani

Published on the occasion of UNU-INWEH’s 30th anniversary, and ahead of the 2026 UN Water Conference, this flagship report, Global Water Bankruptcy: Living Beyond Our…

Climate Security and Climate Justice, Recognizing Context in the Sahel

2026 | Australian Journal of Emergency Management
Tor A. Benjaminsen

Benjaminsen explores the complex interplay between climate change, security and justice in the Sahel region of West Africa. He emphasises the importance of understanding historical,…

Navigating the Waters: A Hegemonic Stability Theory Analysis of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Its Impact on Hydro-Politics in the Nile Basin

2025 | ESP International Journal of Science, Humanities and Management Studies
Mutktar Usmen and Irshad Ahmad

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) signifies a critical milestone in the intricate landscape of transboundary water management within the Nile Basin, inciting a contentious…

Defueling Conflict: Notes from the Field

2025 | World Bank
Elise Doumergue, Shaadee Ahmadnia, Tracy Hart, Phoebe Spencer, Sally Judson, and Amanda Woomer

"Defueling Conflict: Notes from the Field" explores the operationalization of conflict sensitivity and environmental peacebuilding, synthesizing tools and lessons learned from the World Bank's engagement…

Thousands in DRC Could Face Eviction from Lobito Corridor Railway

2025 | Global Witness

The EU and US-backed Lobito Corridor railway for critical mineral transport risks driving evictions in a mining region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo…

Water and Power: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Nile Basin Security

2025 | E-International Relations
Chourouk Mestour

Water has been an important natural resource since the beginning of civilization. It is one of many resources studied in the field of International Relations,…

When Migration Encounters Adaptation in Africa: Engaging with Climate Hazard and Armed Conflict

2025 | Sustainable Development
Hyun Kim, Hana Kim, Hyewon Kim, and Kyle Maurice Woosnam

This work examined the potential role of climate adaptation in migration influenced by armed conflict or climate hazard, using panel data at grid and country…

Policy on Addressing Environmental Damage through the Rome Statute

2025 | International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court was established to help end impunity for the most serious crimes of concern to the international community. This mandate extends to…

Losing the Dividends of Neutrality in the Arctic

2025 | Arctic Institute
Gabriella Gricius and Nicolas Jouan

Since the end of the Cold War, the Arctic region has drawn little attention compared to other areas of geopolitical competition, such as East Asia…

River Mapping and the Politics of Eco-Scalar Fixes. Reconnecting Upstream–Downstream Networks through Critical Cartographies of Colombia’s Bogotá River

2025 | Geoforum
Laura Giraldo-Martínez, Rutgerd Boelens, and Bibiana Duarte-Abadía

This paper examines how river mapping practices and related scalar politics shape biased understandings and governance of Colombia’s Bogotá River. Despite significant conservation efforts in…

Red-Dead Redemption? Applying and Critiquing Environmental Peacebuilding in Palestine, Jordan, and Israel

2025 | Oregon State University
Zachary M. Field

The theory of environmental peacebuilding holds that transboundary environmental challenges can serve as a catalyst for cooperation and conflict resolution. Formed in response to perspectives…

Spotlight: Exploring the Stories and People behind Environmental Peacebuilding — Carl Bruch, Environmental Law Institute [Video]

2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Buket Altınçelep

"Spotlight: Exploring the Stories and People behind Environmental Peacebuilding" is an ongoing initiative of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx), dedicated to highlighting the individuals and…

P-REC Deal Book

2025 | Energy Peace Partners

Energy Peace Partners (EPP) published this Peace Renewable Energy Credit (P-REC) “Deal Book” to help buyers achieve their sustainability goals. The Deal Book offers a…

Bridging Climate and Environmental Security and Crimes That Affect the Environment | BCSC 2025

2025 | Climate Diplomacy, adelphi, German Federal Foreign Office
Carlos Sánchez Del Águila, Nicole Quijano-Evans, Marcus Schroder, and Olivia Swaak-Goldman

This session examined how crimes that affect the environment—such as wildlife and forest crime, illegal fishing, mining and metals trafficking, and illegal waste—intersect with climate…

The Future of Arctic Governance in a Fractured Geopolitical Landscape

2025 | Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
Nima Khorrami

This article explores the uncertain future of Arctic governance amid shifting global geopolitics. It argues that whether Washington and Moscow opt for confrontation or cooperation,…

Africa's Conflicts and Natural Resources: A Vicious Cycle

2025 | Mo Ibrahim Foundation

The 2025 Ibrahim Governance Weekend (IGW), was held in Marrakech, Morocco. The main focus was on the need for and the best ways to leverage…

Hydropolitics and Strategic Security in Post-Conflict South Sudan: Navigating Water Governance in the Nile Basin

2025 | East African Scholars Journal of Economics Business and Management
Amaring J. Ikarak and Abraham K. Nyuon

This study examined the complex relationship between hydropolitics and strategic security in post-conflict South Sudan, emphasizing the critical role of water resource management within the…

Military Activities and Toxics — Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Implications for Human Rights of the Environmentally Sound Management and Disposal of Hazardous Substances and Wastes

2025 | Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Marcos Orellana

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes…