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  • In a Time of Competing Crises, Environmental Action Matters More than Ever

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    Guest Contributor  //  June 3, 2022  //  By Richard Black, Cedric de Coning, Geoffrey D. Dabelko, Hafsa Maalim, Melvis Ndiloseh, Dan Smith & Caspar Trimmer
    Harvesting,Of,Wheat,In,Summer.,Harvesters,Working,In,The,Field.
    This article was originally published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

    Last week saw the launch of SIPRI’s major policy report Environment of Peace: Security in a New Era of Risk, looking at how to manage the growing risks emerging at the nexus of environmental degradation, peace and security.

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  • Toward a New Regional Approach to Water Security and Governance in the Horn of Africa

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    Guest Contributor  //  April 7, 2020  //  By Anniek Barnhoorn, Florian Krampe, Luc van de Goor, Elizabeth Smith & Dan Smith

    A woman washes her clothes in the Dawa River with three day old water dug from shallow wells in the riverbed, which is now the only source of water for IDP's living in Kansale IDP camp, Somalia, on MAR 24, 2017. The severe drought across Somalia and the Horn of Africa has caused a humanitarian crisis that threatens millions.

    As the global climate changes, climate-related security risks are making the existing political, social, and economic challenges even more complicated. The 230 million people who live in the Horn of Africa are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change such as droughts and floods. Political fragility and transnational complexities make water governance a matter of regional high-level politics as well as geopolitical tensions. In short, sustainable water governance is critical for achieving resilient peace.

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