International Security & War
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Climate-Driven Food Shortages Could Prompt U.S. to Annex Canada, Bill Nye Somewhat Suggests
Food shortages brought on by climate change might eventually prompt the United States to annex parts of Canada, Bill Nye the Science Guy kind ... -
AfricaFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & War
‘Game-Changing’ UN Security Council System Would Track Conflicts Inflamed by Climate Change
The United Nations must establish a system to alert the world to regions where conflicts may be inflamed by climate change, several security council ... -
AfricaDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarSevere Storms & Flooding
Mali’s Armed Conflict, Climate Impacts Represent ‘Multiple Threats, Terribly Tangled’
Climate change-driven temperature increases, drought, flooding, and food shortages are piling in behind an accelerating, years-long armed conflict to make Mali, one of five ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaHuman Rights & MigrationInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & War
UN Security Council Debate Will Link Climate Disasters, International Peace and Security
The United Nations Security Council may be getting closer to taking a meaningful position on climate change, with an open debate this Friday set ... -
Climate DenialClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy PoliticsFood SecurityHealth & SafetyInternational Security & WarUnited States
Future U.S. President Could Declare Climate Emergency Citing Trump’s Border Wall Fight as Precedent
If a future United States president declares emergency authority to deal with the climate crisis, they may end up citing Donald Trump’s fulminations about ... -
AfricaBatteries/StorageChinaHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarJobsOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & Consumption
Geopolitical Power Shifts to Produce ‘Winners and Losers’ as Off-Fossil Transition Takes Hold
The shift off fossil fuels will produce geopolitical “winners and losers”, and international cooperation will be needed to manage the disruption, according to a ... -
AfricaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Security & WarSevere Storms & Flooding
Climate ‘Tipping Point’ in Africa Dictates Urgent Action to Mitigate Risks, Safeguard Progress
Atmospheric warming due to climate change has brought Africa to a tipping point that requires urgent action to “mitigate risks and safeguard a decade ... -
AfricaDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & War
Climate Change Already Making Local, International Conflicts Worse: Red Cross
Humanitarian organizations are already coping with the on-the-ground reality that climate change is making domestic and international conflicts worse, according to Peter Maurer, president ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageEuropeFinance & InvestmentIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Security & WarOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSmall Island States
Future of Work in a Warming World Faces ‘Deafening’ Silence
There’s been a “deafening” silence about the future of work in a warming world, even though “consequences of global warming will shake up the ... -
CanadaChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFailure Is Not An OptionIce Loss & Sea Level RiseIndiaInternational Security & WarOceansUnited States
Economic Costs of Climate Change Will Hit Hardest in India, U.S.
The future economic costs of climate change will hit hardest in India and the United States, according to a new study published last week ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyEnergy PoliticsHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Security & WarLegal & RegulatoryMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaUnited States
Trump Administration Predicts 3.9°C Average Warming to Justify Fuel Economy Rollback
The Trump administration is acknowledging that humanity is on track to increase average global warming by nearly 3.9°C—7.0°F—by the end of this century, and ... -
Reports Cast U.S. Military Operations as a Massive Subsidy to Protect Oil Supplies
Vox climate specialist David Roberts is out with a new column on a previously unquantified subsidy that United States taxpayers bestow on the fossil ... -
Drive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarSevere Storms & Flooding
UN Agencies Urge Greater Resilience as Droughts, Floods Drive Global Hunger to 10-Year High
Climate shocks like droughts and flood have helped drive global hunger up to levels last seen a decade ago, leaving one out of nine ... -
AustraliaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsGeneral RenewablesInternational Security & WarNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionSmall Island States
Business Lobby Gives Up on Seeing Climate Action from Australia Government
The Australian business community has given up on seeing any meaningful climate and energy action from the country’s Coalition government, now led by Prime ... -
AfricaHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Security & WarMiddle EastSmall Island States
Rise of Autocratic Governments is ‘Most Overlooked Threat of Climate Change’
The military takeover that deposed democratically-elected Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed in 2012 was an early example of the drive toward autocracy that can be ...
