Mali + 9 more
The Sahel region is highly exposed to climate change, but national and local factors mean that climate change will have differentiated impacts across the region. The region will gradually become...
Mali is characterised by short-term climate variability, and is vulnerable to long-term climate change due to high exposure to the adverse effects of climate change, but also high population growth,...
Summary: This research paper examines the concept 'resilience' as a response to the constantly changing environments and turbulence of the world. While resilience is used by several international...
Summary: UN peace operations need a new peacebuilding agenda that acknowledges both the transboundary nature of conflict drivers and the multipolar nature of the global order. This means casting...
Summary: Flooding and droughts significantly disrupt livelihood patterns and food-security and may result in temporary displacement or longer-term migration. Such shocks exacerbate vulnerabilities...
A new collaborative NUPI-SIPRI project examines how climate change affect peace and security in states and regions on the UN Security Council's agenda. On 4 February, the project launched its first...
Somalia is highly susceptible to the effects of climate change and extreme weather. Without anticipatory preventive approaches, these factors are likely to exacerbate existing vulnerabilities and...
Sierra Leone + 2 more
Summary: What lessons can we draw from the 2014-2016 Ebola crisis in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone? While both the outbreak itself and the context is different, there are enough similarities between...
Cedric de Coning & Florian Krampe Executive Summary Over the past decade the impact of climate change on people’s everyday lives have become tangible. Its effects have contributed to loss of human...
Cedric de Coning & Florian Krampe Summary: Over the past decade the impact of climate change on people’s everyday lives have become tangible. Its effects have contributed to loss of human life, it...
Greece + 2 more
Summary: Forced migration and displacement are often associated with increased exposure to various risks that negatively affect personal safety. While experiences of displaced populations are...
World + 4 more
Abstract This study examines the implications of climate change for international affairs in Southeast Asia. Climate change and efforts to mitigate climate change give rise to major risks as well as...
Summary: This report considers the tools and processes that DPKO and DFS currently use to assess the performance of senior personnel, individual units and peacekeeping operations, and proposes a...
Summary The combined effect of the inclusion of regional ad hoc coalitions with a strong orientation towards counter-insurgency and counterterrorism is the creation of a new type of “Chapter Seven...
Summary This chapter set out to consider what stabilisation means in the UN peacekeeping context, by analysing the mandates of MONUSCO, MINUSMA and MINUSCA, to identify what is different in these...
Could the Ukrainian crisis inspire a new generation of Nordic peacekeeping? During the Cold War, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden were among the top contributors to blue helmet operations. They...
*Kristian Stokke, Roman Vakulchuk, Indra Øverland * Report commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2018 Executive summary After almost 50 years of military dictatorship, and...
Summary The book is a critical political and institutional reflection on UN peace operations. It provides constructive suggestions as to how the UN and the international system can evolve to remain...
Summary: In 2016, Norway spearheaded the provision of multinational rotation contribution (MRC) of a C-130 transport plane, together with Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, and Sweden, lasting from January...
Introduction Strengthening and deepening engagement with local communities in UN peace operations has emerged as a key priority in recent reviews of the UN system. In its 2015 report, the High Level...