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Mayor overseeing a green regeneration in city where temperatures can already surpass 40C. ike every Athens mayor, Kostas Bakoyannis is acutely aware of the illustrious heritage of one of the world’s oldest cities. After all, he says, it is busts of Pericles and his mistress Aspasia that adorn the entrance of the neoclassical town hall. From the windows of his cavernous office, he can glimpse the…

by Janani Vivekananda (adelphi)Johanna Dieffenbacher (adelphi) Not only is the Sahel highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, but it is also one of the regions where climate change is most likely to undermine security and trigger violent conflict. Now more than ever, climate security risks must be effectively integrated into stabilisation and peace operations in order to achieve…

People eating termites and clay as UN says acute malnutrition has almost doubled this year in south. Madagascar’s worst drought in 40 years has left more than a million people facing a year of desperate food shortages. The south of the island will produce less than half its usual harvest in the coming months because of low rains, prolonging a hunger crisis already affecting…

In an article recently published in Climate and Development, researcher Daniel Abrahams examines how climate change alters conflict outcomes and vulnerability in Karamoja, Uganda. The case offers direct insight into both why the climate-conflict relationship can be so difficult to interpret and also the need to broaden conceptualizations of the climate-conflict relationship. Karamoja…

Compiled by Raquel Munayer and Stella Schaller, adelphi What exactly triggers food riots? At which point does climate change come in? And what can we learn from analyzing the lack and impotence of government action in conflict areas? In our Editor’s Pick, we share 10 case studies from the interactive ECC Factbook that address the connections between food, the environment and conflict…

by Hannah Kurnoth, Janani Vivekananda (adelphi) 2021 represents an important year for climate diplomacy and holds unique opportunities for progress on the issue. To advance joint, cross-government, cross-border, and cross-discipline approaches needed to effectively address climate-related security risks and to strengthen the community of practice adelphi and Wilton Park hosted a…