🌍💼 Join us for the African Union Interdepartmental Retreat on the #climate change #peace & #security nexus

This is also the methodology workshop for the Common African Position on the nexus!

We will leverage insights from across Africa & the globe to build #climate -sensitive…

As Xi Jinping heads to France, China seeks chance to sway one of EU’s most powerful members

Reupping this longread from the weekend

scmp.com/news/china/dip…

NEW STUDY: climate change-fueled tropical cyclones have already reduced Filipino household incomes by 7% - from Jessie Ruth GS, Charlotte Plinke and Tobias Geiger.

In some provinces such as Surigao del Norte, Maguindanao, Batangas and Cavite it’s more than 20%.
climateanalytics.org/publications/t…

Based on a consultation w/ > 2.000 stakeholders in #Yemen : 'Despite the urgency posed by the impacts of the conflict, humanitarian, and economic crises, 85% of the Yemenis consulted considered it essential to address climate change in the short-term.' Peacemaking opportunities👇

Before today's meeting, #UNSC members will hold a stakeout to present a statement on #ClimateSecurity issues facing #Yemen 👇

For background, you can listen to Climate Diplomacy and Security's #ClimateDiploPod :
adelph.it/podcast36 &
adelph.it/podcast33

securitycouncilreport.org/whatsinblue/20…

New practical note how on financing and programming peace-positive climate action and climate-informed #peacebuilding in the framework of #COP28 CRRP Declaration based on our adelphi 🌐 UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs United Nations Peacebuilding event at #FragilityForum World Bank earlier this month 👇

'Es ist kein erfreuliches Gespräch. Aber eines, das geführt werden muss.'

Bin erst jetzt dazu gekommen, dieses lange, kluge Interview mit Frank Sauer in Republik zu lesen.

Kann es nur jedem ans Herz legen.
republik.ch/2024/03/12/wir…

It is UNREAL to me that only 3.6 % of the funding needed to launch a humanitarian relief response has been funded, only 0.9 million people hve accessed aid in #Sudan . Meanwhile the Emergency Response Rooms are forced to stretch their resources/free labor further and further...

Happening now 👇

Key needs coming from #FragilityForum closing:

👉 More prevention & preparedness to lessen crises & their impact

👉 Avoid humanitarian response being a distraction from development

👉 De-risking for more capital into fragile contexts [make it peace-positive please!]

Excellent look at the rebranded Wagner in Africa and its strategy for consolidating and expanding relationships across central Africa and the Sahel through a mix of regime security financed by mining concessions. Look for this in Chad and South Sudan next. bbc.com/news/world-afr…

ICYMI: great episode on the shifting regional alliances w/ Murithi Mutiga 👇
Also the first week all three Crisis Group podcasts focus on the Red Sea... (perhaps not so surprising for The Horn, but War & Peace also chimed in, if on the EU naval mission in the making)

Strange how focused #Putin seems to be on timing his messages to coincide with #MSC

Winter has vanished across Europe! ❄️

Climate and security risks are compounding in #Yemen , creating disasters for its population now and in the long term. Improving the security of Yemen is critical to strengthen its resilience to the impacts of #climatechange .

🔎 adelph.it/YemenRoadmap

Very interesting overview 👇 on the challenges autocrats face - including, but not only for (budding) dictators ...

Today's #UNSC debate on climate change & food insecurity convened by UN Guyana marks the first time the #UNFCCC briefs in a formal Council meeting on climate change, peace & security 👇
Quick Economist Intelligence: EIU summary on links btw climate, food, #SDGs & insecurity:
weatheringrisk.org/en/publication…

Tomorrow #Guyana 🇬🇾 will convene a #UNSC high-level open debate on “the impact of climate change and food insecurity on the maintenance of international peace and security”

Read on for multimedia resources on the relationship between food security, climate and conflict. 🧵

Like in Russia/Ukraine, Elon Musk's Starlink has entered the fray in Sudan's civil war. The RSF is widely using Starlink devices amid a nationwide internet blackout after the technology entered the country via corridors from Chad and South Sudan.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ICYMI: a long read from The New Yorker's David Remnick definitely worth your time 👇

newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…