Towards Multiple Security Councils
…Council.8 Footnote: United Nations Peacebuilding. “About the 2020 Review of the UN Peacebuilding Architecture.” Accessed June 7, 2020. https://www.un.org/peacebuilding/content/2020-review-un-peacebuilding-architecture#:~:text=Agreed%20by%20the%20Terms%20of,level%2C%20taking%20into%20account%20the Climate Security Council Climate change is, and will be, the…
Can We Really Switch Off Human Rights When We Negotiate on Climate?
On June 11, 2024, the Bonn Climate Change Conference conducted two weeks of intensive negotiations. This conference assessed the progress made in combating climate change, identified existing gaps in implementation,…
Water Security and Disaster Management in Asia
…climate change. The two-day dialogue consisted of six panel discussions on varied topics related to the politicization of water security, including the economic vulnerabilities of the water crisis and stakeholder…
Responsibility Chains: Building Global Governance for Forest Risk Commodity Chains
…their livelihoods, many of whom are in the world’s poorest countries. In forest areas, climate change and environmental destruction dovetail, with disastrous consequences, not only from a climate and environmental…
Yoriko Kawaguchi, Shyam Saran, and Erna Witoelar’s co-written Op-ed on COP21 Conference in Paris
…transfer of environmentally sound technologies for climate adaptation, the Licensing Facility would help those least able to cope to adapt to climate change. Climate change is a quintessential global governance…
Youth E-Consult: Engaging the Minds of tomorrow with the global governance challenges of today
…UN Peacekeeping for 21st Century State building Climate Mitigation The climate E-Consult focused on the links between economic development and climate change, the role of education in climate mitigation,…
Semiconductors and Taiwan’s “Silicon Shield”
…well in international waters. Unlike 1996, three of six exercise zones surrounding the island that were publicized by China intrude into Taiwan’s territorial waters.1 Note: Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, China-Taiwan: As China…
Climate Risks Threaten Major Industries & Marine Ecosystems in Philippines Coastal City
…City is on the front line of climate change. Its fast-growing economy and population are increasingly vulnerable to climate impacts such as severe floods and saltwater intrusion – caused by…