Planetary Security Initiative (PSI)

🎆 It's a wrap! The team at Planetary Security Initiative (PSI) wishes everyone a peaceful end of the year and great start into 2025. 📖 For those interested, we have a #readingrecommendation for the holidays: The '10 New Insights in Climate Science' Report 2024/2025 by Future Earth, The Earth League and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). Each year, leading scientists from around the world review the most pressing findings in climate change-related research. This year's report features 10 concise insights, including on: ◾ surging #methane levels and what drives these GHG emissions ◾ the impact of climate change on #reproductivehealth ◾ #biodiversity's role for a more resilient #Amazon ◾ #criticalminerals supply chains in the #energytransition ... and much more! You can find more details and the full report here: https://lnkd.in/dzDEP2HN 🗨️ In Johan Rockström's (PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research) words, "the report confirms that the world faces planetary scale challenges ... yet it also provides clear pathways and solutions, demonstrating that with urgent, decisive action, we still can avoid unmanageable outcomes." ✨ Let's finish 2024 on this hopeful note ✨ Happy holidays to all of you!

This December, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification's COP16 brought together world leaders to discuss #desertification, #landdegradation and #drought, all of which have detrimental impacts on #planetarysecurity. 🚱 🌳 Many #landrestoration initiatives focus on forest cover. The UN and other prominent organisations in the field define forests as areas with more than 10% tree cover. However, many non-forest ecosystems that are dotted with trees also fall under this category and risk being targeted by reforestation efforts, causing the loss of #ecosystemservices. ❗ Land restoration will be critical to achieve #climatesecurity, but the forest-centric vision of land restoration must be revised. Amid the launch of Saudi Arabia's #REMDY project at UNCCD COP16 – which uses #AI to monitor land health – special attention should also be paid to the capabilities and potential limitations of digital technologies and smart systems in assessing land health. Read the full commentary by PSI's Esther Fütterer on the UNCCD COP16 and land restoration 👇  https://lnkd.in/eEngx7pR

🌍 The Earth’s climate faces a high risk of crossing #tippingpoints and could see a rapid transition into an ice-free #climate if greenhouse gas (#GHG) #emissions continue to increase.  📈 Preventing the crossing of this tipping point will come at a large cost, but the price of delaying this investment will likely be even higher for #climatesecurity. A recent study published by Nature Portfolio finds that:   🔷 Polar-sea ice levels are dangerously close to tipping levels.   🔷 Tipping points have an ‘overshoot window’ where the cost for reversal does not surge straight away once the tipping point is crossed, but increases linearly over time.   🔷 The larger the overshoot window for a tipping point, the higher the cost of intervention once the overshoot window ends and the tipping point is fully crossed.  🔷 For polar sea-ice levels, the cost of controlling the impacts after tipping could nearly quadruple. Read the full research article by Parvathi Madathil Kooloth, Jian Lu , Craig Bakker, Derek DeSantis & Adam Rupe here 👇  https://lnkd.in/dPfHZtBc

🌐 PSI is on Bluesky 🌐 🔗 Find us with our username: @plansecu.bsky.social https://lnkd.in/e-VfvVWf #PlanetarySecurity #ClimateSecurity #Bluesky #Sustainability #Peacebuilding 

🚨 The Climate Security Association of Canada has announced a #callforpapers 🚨 💡#CSAC is calling for papers that explore the critical intersections of #climatechange, #security, and the futures of #war and #peace for their third annual conference on #climatesecurity in May 2025. Topics of Interest include:  🔷The future of war in a changing climate  🔷Climate change and the evolution of peacekeeping, humanitarian intervention, and peacebuilding  🔷Climate change and the future of the military    🔷The political and ethical challenges of predicting climate security futures  🔷The implications of climate change for military strategy and deployment 🗓️ Submission Deadline: 03/02/2025 🔗 Learn More & Apply: https://lnkd.in/ewVGsx-c Share this with your network to spread the word! 

As the EU advances towards its ambitious goal of #carbonneutrality by 2050, the #defence sector must adapt. ⚖️The challenge is balancing operational effectiveness with #energytransition and #climatechange adaptation. 🔎This publication by the European Defence Agency investigates the intersection of #EU’s sustainability imperatives and the strategic considerations of the defence sector. The analysis focuses on identifying gaps and presenting solutions in the following areas: 🔷Energy efficiency and buildings performance 🔶Green public procurement 🔷Energy storage systems 🔶Offshore renewable energy installation and defence systems coexistence 🔷Life cycle assessment and material flow analysis Read the full publication edited by Constantinos Hadijsavvas, Maja Kuzel Antonis Zorpas, Irene Voukkali, and Iliana Papamichael 👇 https://lnkd.in/eKPGtRv5

📢 Applications for the Agents of Change Youth Fellowship 2025 are now open! The theme for next year's cohort will be water security 💧. The Wilson Center is calling all young professionals in the #MENA region working on or interested in #water issues in their communities to apply! 👇 https://lnkd.in/edXuFJMv 📮 Apply by December 15! https://lnkd.in/e8xTNr3h

While the island of #Ireland has already experienced #extremetemperatures and #floods in recent years, it is also exposed to cross-border and cascading #risks triggered by #climatechange impacts beyond its borders. ❗ Until recently, #transboundary climate risks have largely been neglected in the scientific and political discourse on climate change adaptation. This new study by the SEI — Stockholm Environment Institute is a comprehensive assessment of transboundary climate risks to the Island of Ireland in three specific areas: 🔶 #Agriculture and #foodsecurity 🔶#Trade and #infrastructure 🔶 Biophysical systems In response to the transboundary risks and the current #policy landscape, the SEI’s key recommendations include: 🔷Implementing a comprehensive economy-wide assessment to quantify the economic costs of transboundary climate risk to the Irish economy, including #supplychain risks. 🔷Allocating greater resources for #adaptation to help monitor and manage domestic and transboundary #climate risks and their interplay with other risks. Read the full working paper by Mikael Allan Mikaelsson MBE, Katy Harris and Magnus Benzie here 👇 https://lnkd.in/ez8K_u92

The fourth edition of the #AswanForum was hosted in July this year and titled “Re-envisioning Global Governance for #Peace and #Development”. 💡 The event highlighted a number of impactful ways forward to surmount the challenges the continent faces and identified opportunities for the advancement of the #peace, #security, and #development nexus in #Africa. 📑 The forum culminated in the Aswan Conclusions report which include a wide number of policy recommendations to feed into the preparations for the Summit of the Future. The conclusions put forward the following recommendations: 🔷Reform Multilateralism, Global Governance Frameworks, including International Financial Institutions 🔶Advance Holistic Approaches to Promote the Peace, Security and Development Nexus 🔷Advance the Common African Position on #ClimateChange, Peace and Security 🔶Harness Youth’s Role in Scaling Up Innovative Solutions through #Education to Build Peace The full report can be accessed through this link 👇 https://lnkd.in/edaEG3ug

Meet the plenary #speakers of our upcoming #climate event! 🌍 Next Monday, December 9th, together with Gemeente Den Haag we organize the event 'Building Momentum for Climate Action: Reflections on COP29 and Future Steps'. The aim is to bring together professionals from various backgrounds to reflect on the outcomes of #COP29 - held in November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan - and on the future it will bring. We are pleased to announce the plenary speakers: Jori Keijsper, Head of Delegation, UNFCCC UN Ellie Kinney, Advocacy Coordinator, Conflict and Environment Observatory Barbara Rosen Jacobson, Senior Advocacy Advisor, Mercy Corps Next to the plenary session, we als have inspiring breakout rooms facilitators, which we will announce later. 🗓 Monday 9 December 2024 ⏰ 16:00 - 19:00 - Plenary session | 16:30 - 17:20 - Breakout Discussions | 17:30 - 18:30 - Plenary Debrief | 18:40 - 19:00 📍 The Hague Humanity Hub Sign up (for in person or online) via ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e-Rkqeju #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #TheHague #Hybrid #Event