The wildfires raging in Canada are yet another reminder that climate change is already having an impact on all our lives. As the smoke clears around the United Nations building in New York, we are likely to see a renewed push for the UN Security Council to tackle the security risks posed by climate change, including in the upcoming New Agenda for Peace
policy brief from UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its
starkest report yet, expressing a clear consensus on the rapid changes to global temperatures.
Could the next wars be triggered by climate change?
Until recently, the question might have seemed like science fiction, but now it is very real. Ethiopia and Egypt are locked in an
upward spiral of tensions over the Nile, as a combination of dams and shifting weather patterns pose existential risks to both countries.