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Climate, Peace and Security in Sudan
16 May 2022In this new Fact Sheet, researchers from NUPI and SIPRI’s joint Climate-related Peace and Security Project (CPSR) explore the nexus between climate change and security in Sudan.
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Climate, Peace and Security in Iraq
5 Apr 2022In this new Fact Sheet, researchers from NUPI and SIPRI’s joint Climate-related Peace and Security (CPSR) Project explore the nexus between climate change and security in Iraq.
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet Iraq
5 Apr 2022Iraq is highly vulnerable to climate change and its impacts. The country’s vulnerability is shaped by its physical exposure, a strong natural resource dependency and low adaptive capacity due to violent conflict, poverty, political instability and corruption. Iraq is particularly...
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How Central Asia can help the global energy transition
23 Mar 2022Critical materials – chromium, copper, germanium, lithium and others – are essential building blocks for renewable energy technologies such as solar panels, wind turbines and batteries. A new NUPI study argues that Central Asia has been overlooked in analyses of critical...
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How does climate change affect peace and security in South Sudan?
11 Mar 2022In this newly released fact sheet from the project Climate-related Peace and Security Risks (CPSR), experts look at how South Sudan is vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet South Sudan
11 Mar 2022The recent flooding in South Sudan is the worst in over 60 years. South Sudan is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including droughts and flooding. Both long-term climate change, such as the gradual increase in temperatures, and short-term extreme climate...
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New research group on climate and energy at NUPI
28 Feb 2022‘The ambition of the group is to be a driver for NUPI research on climate and energy issues,’ says Indra Øverland, head of the new research group.
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet, Afghanistan
8 Feb 2022Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change: rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns and increasingly frequent extreme weather events. Currently, Afghanistan is experiencing its worst drought in 27 years, which, compounded with COVID-19...
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Climate change, peace and security in Afghanistan
7 Feb 2022How does climate change affect peace and security in Afghanistan? NUPI and SIPRI, under the Climate-related Peace and Security Risks project have published a new fact sheet on this topic. Read it here.
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Commentary: Russia’s ‘nyet’ does not mean climate security is off the Security Council agenda
13 Dec 2021On Monday, 13 December, Russia used its veto in the United Nations Security Council to block a thematic resolution on climate change and security put forward by Ireland and Niger. While the draft resolution contained specific actions, its main purpose was symbolic: to put...
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Preventing climate-related conflict: A challenge for cross-disciplinary research, policy and practice?
10 Dec 2021Climate-related peace and security risks are receiving increased attention on the international arena. But how do we ensure that different academic disciplines work together on the challenge of preventing future wars on conflict related to climate change? NUPI and SIPRI’s...
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Op-ed: Why Peace Should Matter for the COP, and Why COP26 is Important for Peace
16 Nov 2021- Florian Krampe
Looking at COP26, it is clear that significant amounts of funding will be directed towards climate adaptation over the coming years, writes Cedric de Coning and Florian Krampe.
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Reduced influence in the Arctic?
4 Nov 2021In the Arctic Council, eight states work on, among several other pressing issues, the alarming impacts of global climate change. But who gets a say? Research Professor Elana Wilson Rowe investigates this in a new article.
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Funding flows for climate change research on Africa
27 Oct 2021African countries face some of the biggest challenges due to climate change compared to other parts of the world, but the funding for research on these changes and their implications in Africa constitutes only a small fraction of global funding for climate change research.
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OP-ED: As UN Security Council Discusses Climate-related Conflict, What Role Should It Play?
22 Sep 2021Last month, the UN Secretary-General called the latest assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) a “code red for humanity,” noting that the evidence is irrefutable: global heating is affecting every region on Earth, with many of the changes...
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What is at Stake in Norway's Post-election Climate Negotiations
21 Sep 2021The faster Norway embarks on a responsible but speedy end to its reliance on oil, the greater the potential reputational, diplomatic, and commercial gains for Norway, write three NUPI researchers in this op-ed.
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Transnational Ecosystems Cooperation is Taking off
19 Aug 2021Do these efforts to govern border-crossing ecosystems have unique effects that matter for global politics more generally?
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Chinese and Japanese investments in Myanmar – what determines their environmental friendliness?
24 Jun 2021What determines whether companies investing in developing countries proceed in an environmentally friendly way? A new article published at level 2 by researchers at Harvard and NUPI examines this question.
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Seven new research projects to NUPI
24 Jun 2021Exciting new research on topics ranging from energy and climate, cyber security and vulnerable states will be done by NUPI in the coming years. Seven new research projects have won funding from the Research Council of Norway. A total of 260 applications were funded, in fierce...
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New Nordic-Baltic Network on Climate, Peace and Security Established
10 Jun 2021In order to establish a sustainable knowledge base on climate, peace and security issues in the Nordic-Baltic region, twelve research institutes have come together to establish a research network on climate, peace and security.
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Climate, Peace and Security in the Sahel region
7 Jun 2021NUPI and SIPRI, under the Climate-related Peace and Security Risks project have worked on understanding the interlinkages between climate, peace and security in the Sahel-region.
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet Sahel
7 Jun 2021The 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 hotter, with some areas experiencing increased, but erratic, rainfall.
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The link between climate, peace and security in Mali
26 May 2021NUPI and SIPRI, under the Climate-related Peace and Security Risks project have worked on understanding the interlinkages between climate, peace and security in Mali. Read more in a new fact sheet which contains recommendations on addressing climate change.
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet Mali
26 May 2021Mali 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, diminished resilience and multiple violent conflicts. Mali is forecast to...
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Lorax in Motion: Mapping Amazon Ecosystem Networks
16 Apr 2021This is the second in our “Lorax in Motion” series, which reports on our reflections from the project as it unfolds.
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Why lack of will to limit climate change amongst ASEAN states?
12 Apr 2021The countries of Southeast Asia are among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Why, then, has there been so little will to take action? This paradox is the focus of a new article from the ACCEPT project.
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Translating Mandates into Policy and Practice: Emerging lessons from operationalizing climate-related security risks in peace operations
30 Mar 2021IPI, NUPI and SIPRI co-host webinar on Climate-related Security Risks.
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Lorax in Motion: Building the Transnational Ecosystem Politics Database
17 Mar 2021Lorax in Motion is a series whereby we report and reflect upon the Lorax project’s ongoing research activities. Here, we zoom in upon Lorax’s Dr Cristiana Maglia, who recently received her PhD in Political Science Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), after a...
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: South Sudan
11 Mar 2021South Sudan is highly vulnerable to climate change, including flooding, droughts and, most recently, a locust infestation. Long-term climate change, like a gradual increase in temperature, and short-term changes, like increased flooding, have indirect and interlinked implications...
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How does climate change affect peace and security in South Sudan?
11 Mar 2021How does climate change affect peace and security in South Sudan?
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Somalia
3 Feb 2021Somalia 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 reduce the people’s livelihood options, which in turn may have negative impacts...
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The impact of climate change on peace and security in Somalia
4 Feb 2021A 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 fact sheet, looking into Somalia.
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Launching Norway’s Plan for the UN’s “Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development”
8 Jan 2021NUPI’s Centre for Ocean Governance is ready to step up to challenge.
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NUPI replaces NRK P2's 'Ekko' this week
7 Dec 2020NUPI has produced ten hours of high quality radio about foreign policy and international relations. The programs will air on NRK P2 during week 50, Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 11.00. Tune in!
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Doubling Down on Arctic Diplomacy
12 Nov 2020- Alf Håkon Hoel
- Yun Sun
- Alexander Sergunin
- Robert Orttung
What impact will the new Biden administration have on Arctic politics? While the Arctic as a region is not likely to figure as feature in the 100-day plan of a new Biden presidency, there are reasons to expect some key changes for the region.
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How Covid-19 affects sustainable energy transitions
20 Oct 2020Less flying. More biking. More staying at home, also when you are working. A new article by nine renowned energy experts explains how the pandemic may change the global energy landscape.
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10 new policy briefs on ASEAN countries and climate
16 Jun 2020Out now: 10 policy briefs covering each ASEAN country as part of the project ACCEPT.
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New meta-review of 204 publications on renewable energy and geopolitics
20 Apr 2020In their recently published meta-review, Senior Research Fellow Roman Vakulchuk and Research Professor Indra Øverland have systematized and analysed available research in the field.
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How the green transition will lead to a more peaceful world
17 Apr 2020The green transition will undoubtedly affect geopolitics. But how? NUPI researchers have taken a systematic look at 204 publications in the first meta-review on the field of renewable energy and geopolitics.
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Key climate research severely underfunded
7 Jan 2020Researchers from NUPI and the University of Sussex analysed USD 1.3 trillion of research funding. From 1990 to 2018 only 0.12% of the funding was spent on a critical issue: how to change societies to mitigate climate change.
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The green transition: Who will be the geopolitical winners – and losers?
3 Dec 2019This is the main question behind a new index developed by an international research team led by NUPI’s Indra Øverland.
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Debunking renewable energy myths
11 Sep 2019Indra Øverland has examined four assumptions about renewable energy and geopolitics.
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The Russia Conference: Cold Peace in the Arctic?
14 Sep 2018On September 14, NUPI’s Russia Conference took place in Oslo. Couldn’t be there? Watch the entire event, including Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide's key note speech, on YouTube.
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Prestigious ERC funding to Elana Wilson Rowe – ‘I’m thrilled!’
27 Jul 2018The European Research Council (ERC) yearly awards talented early career researchers project funding through Starting grants. 403 research projects were granted this year, and Elana Wilson Rowe's (NUPI) is one of them.
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NEW ARTICLE: The International Renewable Energy Agency has a massive potential
21 Jun 2018So how is the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), founded in 2009, doing?
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How should ASEAN deal with climate change?
6 Nov 2017Academics from NUPI and its sister institutes in 10 ASEAN countries have evaluated the implications of climate change for international affairs in Southeast Asia.
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China meets the Nordics at NUPI
6 Sep 2017How does the world appear seen from China and the Nordics?
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Green future – risks and opportunities
23 Mar 2017NUPI has partnered with Columbia University and Harvard University.
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Special Issue: Forum for Development Studies
21 Mar 2017What is new and different about development as it goes more global today?