Fulfilling the UN75 Declaration Expert Series Readout #6
…and transformative recovery. Apart from smaller-scale programmatic, operational, and institutional fixes, business continues as usual and conditions for change are lacking at the UN. Change to current structures will only…
Environmental Security February News Update
…kill most other trees and plants: waterlogged soil, low-oxygen soil, water with different levels of salinity, and slow-moving water. As mangroves expand away from the equator, they’ll continue to mediate…
Vietnam Country Profile
…rush toward renewable energy is in response to the Communist Party of Vietnam’s commitment to minimize future coal expansion, recognizing air pollution and climate change impacts could severely increase future…
Russia Futures
…climate change,” Nature 628, 51-557 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07219-0. estimated that in a “middle-of-the-road” climate change scenario, income per capita in northwestern Russia will increase by 20% because of climate impacts, mostly…
Environmental Security in a Globalizing World
…highlights environmental degradation, mounting competition for energy and water supplies, and continuing global climate change as stressors that could exacerbate existing tensions and destabilize economies, societies, and governance institutions worldwide,…
UN Necessary Podcast Episode 7: A legacy of change – Carlos Alvarado Quesada
…shaping a sustainable future is key to overcoming the challenges posed by climate change. Dan and his fellow UN Necessary host, Nudhara Yusuf, also reflect on how a conversation from…
The United Nations and North Korea: Denuclearization and Human Security
…challenges and crises, such as pandemics but also climate change, are showing that we are only as strong as our weakest link. And while the external risks are important, the…
The Cholera Quandary
…decimating communities spread from contaminated water. By the early 1900s, appropriate water and sanitation services had virtually eliminated cholera epidemics in the developed world. Yet, cholera continues to be endemic…