Blogs & Opinions

Trump’s Dip into the Nile Waters Dispute Didn’t Settle the Conflict – in Fact, It May Have Caused More Ripples

Sep 26, 2025 | Fred H. Lawson

Nile River water is essential to agriculture and public sanitation in both Egypt and Sudan. Distribution of that water has been regulated by an agreement…

How Water Fuels Conflict in Pakistan

Sep 26, 2025 | Daanish Mustafa

For ten days in April 2025, Pakistan almost came to a standstill. No freight was moving from its only port city, Karachi, towards the population…

South Sudan Can Leverage Oil Revenues to Develop the Wildlife Sector

Sep 25, 2025 | Leek Daniel

The development of a sustainable wildlife sector in South Sudan, leveraging oil revenues, requires a multifaceted approach that addresses conservation, economic diversification, governance, and community…

Blood Minerals and Resource Curse: The Case of Sudan and the DRC

Sep 24, 2025 | Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam

Minerals fuel modern civilization, ensuring comfort and amenities. From electronic devices to machines of all types, various minerals are required to operate them. Should we…

The Environment as Casualty of War

Sep 24, 2025 | Tom Hardy

A 2019 study by Stanford University found that climate change contributed to three to 20 per cent of global conflicts over the past century. As global…

Mud, Memories, and Meaning: Investigating Climate Security in Southwestern Zimbabwe

Sep 22, 2025 | Gracsious Mavisa

This study examines climate security challenges in southwestern Zimbabwe's Tsholotsho district, where communities continue to grapple with the lasting impacts of Cyclones Dineo (2017) and…

Why Liberia Should Approach TotalEnergies’ Production Sharing Contracts with Caution

Sep 19, 2025 | Seltue Karweaye Sr.

TotalEnergies, formerly known as Total, is a major player in the global oil and gas industry, recognized as the fourth-largest publicly traded oil and gas…

How Land Grabbing Harms the Environment and Its Defenders

Sep 18, 2025 | Becca Inglis

The term "land grabs" describes large-scale acquisitions of land that rob communities of access to their homes and livelihoods. While the term has become more…

Prioritize a Holistic Arctic Security Strategy for NATO: A Sketch

Sep 16, 2025 | Laurel Baker

NATO must consider a variety of non-military factors that inform an innovative, accountable, maximally situationally aware, and minimally disruptive Arctic security strategy. This graphic attempts…

Introducing War on Climate, a New Series That Explores How Conflict Interacts with Environmental Issues around the Globe

Sep 11, 2025 | Sam Phelps

The world is the most violent it has been in decades. A report by the Peace Research Institute Oslo recorded 61 conflicts across 36 countries…

We Are Missing the Peace in Climate Action

Sep 9, 2025 | Nazanine Moshiri

Despite the prevalence of climate diplomacy, its policy discussions often have a critical blind spot: The people who are worst affected rarely feature in summits,…

If Linked Mainly to Mineral and Business Deals, Peace Efforts in DRC Congo and Rwanda Will Not Go Far

Sep 7, 2025 | Bharat Dogra

Although a peace process involving Rwanda and DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) is supposed to be in place, this has not stopped eruption of violence,…

Indus Waters Treaty: From Cooperative Vision to Calculated Confrontation

Sep 4, 2025 | Medha Bisht

Instead of believing that strategic patience would breed stability, the Modi government’s strategic escalation has made Indus water flows a tool of coercive diplomacy.

Afghanistan’s Qosh Tepa Canal Could Trigger a Central Asian Water Crisis

Sep 3, 2025 | Galiya Ibragimova

Water shortages have long been a serious problem in Central Asia. They will become even worse when Afghanistan completes a canal diverting significant volumes of…

Economic and Political Fragility and Insecurity: A Climate Triple Threat in South Sudan

Sep 3, 2025 | Rachel Stromsta

Among the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change, South Sudan’s crisis is only expected to worsen, as the country lacks the requisite…

Transboundary Water Security in a Warming World: Conflict Risks, Cooperation Pathways, and Policy Imperatives

Sep 3, 2025 | Ashok Swain

Water security—the reliable availability of an acceptable quantity and quality of water for health, livelihoods, ecosystems, and production—has emerged as one of the defining challenges…

Three Reasons Why the Climate Crisis Must Reshape How We Think about War

Sep 3, 2025 | Duncan Depledge

The relationship between war and climate change is complex. But here are three reasons why the climate crisis must reshape how we think about war.

How Unexploded Bombs Cause Environmental Damage – and Why Climate Change Exacerbates the Problem

Sep 3, 2025 | Sarah Njeri

There are a record number of conflicts raging around the world – from Ukraine and Gaza to Sudan and Myanmar. Alongside their devastating human toll,…

Ecocide and Resistance in Palestine

Sep 2, 2025 | Mazin Qumsiyeh

As a Palestinian scientist and ecologist deeply rooted in Palestine’s landscapes and communities, the author bears witness to a catastrophic unfolding—a systematic assault on our…

Gold in Sudan: A Resource between Looting and Smuggling… or a Tool for Post-War Recovery

Aug 29, 2025 | Omer Sidahmed

For thousands of years, gold has been tied to Sudan’s identity—from the kingdoms of Kush and Napata to the inscriptions left by the Pharaohs who…

Conflict at COPs: Russia’s Exit from the Ramsar Convention

Aug 28, 2025 | Eva Baudichau and Meng Wang

Russia’s withdrawal from the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands didn’t make global headlines—but it probably should have. At first glance, a wetlands convention may seem an…

Why Future Wars Will Be Fought over Water Supply

Aug 26, 2025 | Patrick Yeager

In the coming years, increasing water insecurity will threaten many nations’ internal stability, challenge the viability of large cities worldwide, and worsen international conflicts. Of…

‘Carbon Colonialism’?

Aug 26, 2025 | Tina S. Mehnpaine

The Liberian government has sparked a debate with the release of its draft Carbon Development Policy, which declares that all carbon credits generated within the…

How Weather Stations Are Empowering Farmers and Building Peace in Northwest Nigeria

Aug 25, 2025 | UNDP Nigeria

For generations, farmers in Nigeria have relied on traditional agricultural practices, their wisdom passed down through time and rooted in cultural traditional knowledge. These methods…

Tackling Security and Climate Challenges in the Lake Chad Basin Requires Collaboration

Aug 21, 2025 | Aminata Niang

The consequences of climate change in the Lake Chad Basin are not only environmental but also tied to conflict and insecurity. The resource scarcity caused…

The Brahmaputra and the Geopolitics of Water Sharing

Aug 21, 2025 | Himangshu Ranjan Bhuyan

Flowing through some of the most sensitive political geographies of Asia, the Brahmaputra is nor merely a river but a lifeline that sustains millions, a…

Kenya to Host New Global Centre to Combat Human-Nature Conflict

Aug 20, 2025 | TV47 Kenya

Kenya is set to become the epicenter of Africa’s fight against human-nature conflict and environmental crime after allocating land in Nairobi for a new global…

When Water becomes War: The Moral Failure of Global Governance in the Middle East

Aug 20, 2025 | Peiman Salehi

The Middle East today is witnessing a transformation that goes far beyond conventional geopolitics or the competition for oil. One of the most urgent yet…

Greening the Military: Why Defence Spending Must Align with Climate Action

Aug 14, 2025 | Hema Nadarajah

In preparing for conflicts, we may be compromising our ability to confront the climate emergency. Sustainability must be part of our defence strategy.

Climate Security Is National Security. Africa Is Our First Line of Defense

Aug 12, 2025 | Patrick Verkooijen

NATO’s decision to increase defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product by 2035, including 1.5% for resilience and critical infrastructure, marks the most significant shift…