With its dense network of rivers, streams, and mangroves, the southwest region of Bangladesh represents an ecologically vibrant but deeply vulnerable region. The low-lying deltaic plains, interspersed with numerous communities and water bodies, are at risk of cyclones, erosion, flooding, and saltwater intrusion. During fieldwork conducted in this region for the Earth Rights Advocacy Clinic...Read More

With hundreds of cities declaring climate emergencies, there is little evidence about successful climate adaptation and its upscaling. In parallel to the case for adaptation, there is also a distinct need to mitigate climate change, reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Exploring synergies and trade-offs between adaptation and mitigation, a third concept – resilience (and resilience thinking)...Read More

Alumni of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek discussed the principles of a well-governed security sector with a specific focus on climate change as a risk-multiplier for instability in Central Asia at the Summer School on Human Security and Climate Change held from 1 to 5 July in Chunkurchak, Ala-Archa and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Twenty participants from Afghanistan,...Read More