Climate change and conflict: Working paper - A framework for analysis and action
Issue:Climate change
This Working Paper by SAFERWORLD presents a framework for analysis that may go some way towards accommodating the complexity and variability of modelling the linkages between climate change and conflict. It does not cover all dimensions of the relationship between climate change and conflict, but focuses upon how it plays out a local level and what this means for policy and programming.
A direct link to the summary can be found on SAFERWORLD's website here.
A direct link to the full report can be found on SAFERWORLD's website here.
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Read more »Posted on 11/08/10
New Book from Sustainablesecurity.org Founder
SustainableSecurity.org is pleased to announce the publication of a new book by the founder and Associate Editor of this website, Chris Abbott.
In 21 Speeches That Shaped Our World: The People and Ideas That Changed the Way We Think, Chris explains how our current understanding of the world is rooted in pivotal moments of history. By examining different world views and exploring how they have developed, Chris shows how we can come a step closer to understanding others and avoiding the mistakes of the past.
Read more »Posted on 2/08/10
New Project on Regional Climate Change and Security in Bangladesh
Issue:Climate change
The Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies has launched a major new research project on the security impact of climate change on Bangladesh and its regional neighborhood, specifically India, Nepal and the Maldives. The project will establish critical linkages between these countries in addressing systemic challenges flowing from climate change, assessing the merit of the 'river basin' framework for triangular collaboration in mitigating and managing the consequences of climate change.
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Read more »Posted on 2/08/10
Russia's New Front Line
Issue:Competition over resources
As the Arctic’s ice continues to retreat, the Kremlin’s military forces are threatening to advance. In August 2007, Russia drew strong international condemnation when the crews of two underwater vessels descended to the depths of the Arctic Ocean and, in a symbolic gesture, planted the Russian flag on the seabed near the North Pole. Since then, Russian armed forces have regularly tested NATO’s air and sea defences in the Arctic, despatching warships to disputed areas of the Barents Sea and even carrying out a mock bombing run against Norway’s northern command centre at Bodø. As of March 2010, Russian parachutists were expected to drop at the North Pole in April, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the first airborne landing there.
Article source: Survival: Global Politics and Strategy
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Read more »Posted on 21/07/10
New Report Warns Against Attacking Iran
Issue:Global militarisation
The potential for an Israeli military strike on Iran over its nuclear programme has grown sharply, but its consequences would be devastating and would lead to a long war, warns a new report from the Oxford Research Group.
Image source: Rennett Stowe
Read more »Posted on 15/07/10
Sustainable Energy Security
Issues:Climate change, Competition over resources
Businesses which prepare for and take advantage of the new energy reality will prosper - failure to do so could be catastrophic, argues a new report from Chatham House and Lloyd's.
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Read more »Posted on 9/07/10
