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Climate Change, Environmental Peacebuilding, and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism | Planetary Security Initiative Based on the chapter 'Climate Change, Environmental Peacebuilding, and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism' from the book

🌍 In their book chapter, @floriankrampe.bsky.social and Cedric de Coning explore the complex links between climate disruption, environmental degradation, and the drivers of violent extremism.

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Indus Water Treaty 2025: A pause of cooperation, not an end | Planetary Security Initiative Clingendael Alert, July 2025 On 23 April 2025, India temporarily suspended the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan, citing national security concerns following the Pahalgam attack by a supposedly P...

🌊The temporary suspension of the IWT by India marks a significant turning point in South Asia’s water diplomacy. In an alert by the Clingendael Institute, Tobias von Lossow and Akanksha Singh examine this step.

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State of the Climate in Asia 2024 | Planetary Security Initiative The WMO (World Meteorological Organization) State of the Climate in Asia 2024 Report presents a clear and data-rich account of how Asia is being affected by accelerating climate change. Asia continues...

🌏 A report from the @wmo-global.bsky.social outlines how climate extremes in 2024, ranging from deadly floods to unprecedented heatwaves, have reshaped lives, economies, and ecosystems across Asia.

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Harmonising HA/DR in the Bay of Bengal | Planetary Security Initiative The Bay of Bengal faces escalating climate-induced risks, including cyclones, floods, and sea-level rise, affecting nearly a quarter of the global population. These shared vulnerabilities underscore t...

🌊A report by IPCS, developed with BIMSTEC and HD, authored by Fiona Raval, Siddharth Anil Nair, and Tapan Bharadwaj, offers a framework for operationalising harmonisation in HA/DR planning for the Bay of Bengal region.

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Securing Allied Power Demand | Planetary Security Initiative Article published by the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence, July 2025. NATO Allies are undergoing a significant transformation in electricity usage, driven by the rapid electrification of mili...

⚡In his article published by the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence, Ben Cook highlights that as NATO allies enter an era of military electrification, without urgent planning, national grids could be overwhelmed.

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The Geopolitics of Climate Change in the Indian Ocean Region | Planetary Security Initiative The Indian Ocean Region (IOR), spanning from the east coast of Africa to the west coast of Australia, contains around 36 countries and a population of approximately 2.5 billion. The IOR has been a cri...

🌊In their article in Current Conversation, illustrated by Ipsa Jain, Dhanasree Jayaram and Haritha S. Narayanan explain how rising sea levels and tropical cyclones are just some of the many climate threats confronting IOR states.

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Occupations and Ecological (In)Security | Planetary Security Initiative Briefer published by the Council on Strategic Risks, June 2025. Military occupations, distinct from active conflict, pose sustained, often underrecognized threats to ecological security. As modern occ...

🚨 The Council on Strategic Risks’ latest briefer, authored by Ayesha Malik, highlights an often-overlooked dimension of conflict: the long-term environmental toll of military occupations.

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European Water Resilience Strategy | Planetary Security Initiative Published by the European Commission, June 2025.

🌍💧The @ec.europa.eu’s Water Resilience Strategy (2025) sets out a bold and systemic plan to ensure clean, affordable, and sustainable water access across the EU in the face of intensifying droughts, floods, and pollution.

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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Haiti | Planetary Security Initiative Fact Sheet published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), June 2025.

🚨The latest fact sheet published by @sipri.org and @nupinytt.bsky.social , highlights how climate shocks are fuelling displacement, hunger and violence, while eroding the Haiti’s ability to adapt.

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Resilience, Readiness, and Response: Project CASA | Planetary Security Initiative Report published by the Environment & Development Resource Centre (EDRC), May 2025.

🌪️A first Project CASA report published by the Environment & Development Resource Centre in collaboration with four other partner organisations, explores the growing intersection between militaries and climate emergencies.

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Hotter world will drive more wars, EU climate chief warns Military staff increasingly concerned about rising sea levels, droughts and floods, according to EU commissioner

🌍In a conversation with the @financialtimes.com ahead of BESF 2025, EU Climate Chief @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu issued a warning: climate change is not just an environmental threat, it is a growing geopolitical and security risk.

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The Missing Climate Factor: Why European Military Interventions in Niger Have Failed | Planetary Security Initiative Administrative divisions of Niger Niger has become a flashpoint where political instability, (foreign) military interventions, and climate change converge.

🌍Western military strategies in Niger have long focused only on counterterrorism and resource control. In our article, Gabriel Lagrange argues that only by addressing climate-driven vulnerabilities can we achieve long-term results.

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Intern EU & Global Affairs - Climate, Energy and Environmental Security

📢Internship opportunity with us at the @clingendael.bsky.social📢

The Clingendael Institute is offering an internship opportunity within its EU & Global Affairs Unit - Climate, Energy and Environmental Security.

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Towards Green Industrial Partnerships The European Commission’s Clean Industrial Deal (CID) seeks to accelerate industrial decarbonization, reduce reliance on fossil fuel imports and reinforce economic resilience through stronger technolo...

🌱In a @clingendael.bsky.social policy brief, Hannah Lentschig, Giulia Cretti and @louisevanschaik.bsky.social explore how green industrial partnerships can be used to boost economic resilience and competitiveness of the EU and partner countries.

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NATO and climate change: Towards a joint understanding and response | Planetary Security Initiative Policy brief published by the International Journal: Canada’s Journal of Global Policy Analysis, May 2025.

🛡A policy brief by Gry Thomasen in the International Journal: Canada’s Journal of Global Policy Analysis, highlights that NATO is facing an uneven integration of climate risks into defence planning across its 32 member states.

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🌍 The 17th edition of the Hague Roundtable on Climate & Security will explore how international actors can respond to complex challenges at the intersection of climate, security, and energy.

🔗 The roundtable will take place on 5 June 2025. To learn more: hagueroundtable.com/wp-content/u...

Shifting geopolitical fault lines and global food security This international workshop brings together academics and societal organizations to discuss food security in the current geopolitical turbulence

🌱As tensions rise between, and within, geopolitical alliances, the International Institute of Social Studies is hosting a timely workshop - " Shifting geopolitical fault lines and global food security", on 5 June 2025 from 15:00

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Securing the Future: India-EU Collaboration on Energy and Critical Raw Materials | Planetary Security Initiative A Clingendael Roundtable Discussion Debrief

🔋At the India-EU Dialogue on Strategic Autonomy: Energy and Minerals, hosted by @clingendael.bsky.social, IPCS, and Embassy of the Netherlands, experts explored how they can align priorities to build a sustainable energy future.

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Climate resilience reimagined: Integrating concepts of human and ecological security in South Asia | Planetary Security Initiative Clingendael Policy Brief

📣 A new policy brief published by us and the IPCS, authored by Chime Youdon, offers a timely rethink of how #SouthAsia should integrate human and ecological security into its unified strategy to strengthen climate #resilience.

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Red Hot Risk, Ice Cold Response: UK Climate Security Intelligence Blind Spots | Planetary Security Initiative Article published by the Climate Change & (In)Security Project (CCIP), May 2025.

🔥A new paper by the Climate Change & (In)Security Project (CCIP) argues that the UK’s national security architecture is not keeping pace with the climate crisis and propose a UK Climate Security Intelligence Centre (CSIC).

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Exploring pathways for world development within planetary boundaries | Planetary Security Initiative Journal Article published by nature, May 2025. Human activities have already pushed six of the nine planetary boundaries beyond their safe limits, threatening Earth’s long-term stability. This study i...

🌍 An article published in @nature.com explores how humanity can thrive within planetary boundaries by linking the planetary boundaries framework with dynamic scenario modelling using the IMAGE model.

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Insights from the Arctic Circle India Forum 2025 | Planetary Security Initiative The Arctic Circle India Forum 2025, convened in New Delhi on May 3-4, marked a significant milestone in India's deepening engagement with Arctic affairs.

🌐The Arctic Circle India Forum 2025 co-organized by Arctic Circle, ORF, and India's Ministries of External Affairs and Earth Sciences, spotlighted Asia's growing engagement in Arctic governance, climate diplomacy, and polar science.

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Fifty Years of Transition: How the U.S. Military Transformed its Estates Energy Strategy | Planetary Security Initiative Article published by the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence, May 2025. This analysis was conducted in 2024, prior to the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States....

🔋An article authored by Maëly Bardin for the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence explores how the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) energy strategy has evolved over the past 50 years.

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Climate-Security Risks in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: A Regional Mapping | Planetary Security Initiative Regional Policy Brief: Mapping and analysis of climate-related security risks in the second round of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptations Plans (NAPs) in Europe and ...

🌍A new @undp.org policy brief reveals an urgent blind spot in climate action: the security dimension. Across Europe and Central Asia, climate stress is converging with fragility, posing serious risks to stability, and development.

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📣 CCASCOE Fellowship Program 2025 📣

The NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence (CCASCOE) just launched its 2025 Fellowship Program.

🔗 For more details, please follow the link here: ccascoe.org/wp-content/u...

Defence and Climate: Seven Points for a Common Agenda | Planetary Security Initiative Analysis published by Bruegel, April 2025.

🌱 As European defence budgets rise in response to growing geopolitical threats, an analysis from @bruegel.bsky.social, authored by Simone Tagliapietra, outlines ways in which defence and climate goals can align to build resilience.

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Destabilization From ‘Within’: A “Termite Theory” of Climate’s Pathway to Violence | Planetary Security Initiative Briefer published by the Center for Climate & Security, April 2025.

🌍A briefer by the Center for Climate & Security, authored by @ Peter Schwartzstein introduces the “Termite Theory” - a lens on how climate change destabilizes societies from the inside out.

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Conflict in a Warming World: How Climate Shocks Impact Rebel Demands and Peace Agreement Outcomes | Planetary Security Initiative Report published by PeaceRep, January 2025.

⚡ A @peacerep.bsky.social report, authored by Elisa D’Amico, explores how climate shocks like droughts and floods are not just humanitarian disasters, but conflict accelerators that alter rebel demands and peace agreement outcomes.

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Parting the fog of war: Assessing military greenhouse gas emissions from below | Planetary Security Initiative Journal article published by The Extractive Industries and Society - ScienceDirect, March 2025.

✍ A new article in @sciencedirect.bsky.social, authored by Reuben Larbi, Benjamin Neimark, Kirsti Ashworth, and Kali Rubaii, introduces a bottom-up framework to calculate military emissions.

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Analysis of Interconnected Climate Security and Violent Extremism Risks: A Practical Guide for Mauritania | Planetary Security Initiative Report published by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), April 2025.

🌍⚠️In Mauritania the links between environmental stress and violent extremism are becoming impossible to ignore. A UNICRI report outlines a practical tool to help stakeholders assess and respond to this interconnected risk.

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