Climate Change
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Punching Above Their Weight: Caribbean States’ Ambitious COP29 Global Finance Goal
COP29 marks an opportunity for the Global North to pay for its fair share of global climate finance and help small island developing states.

Don’t Ignore the Security Risks of Climate Change Because of “Uncertainty”
Taking action on climate change requires moving beyond double standards about uncertainty and treating it in the same way as other security risks.

The Just Security Podcast: Could Ecocide Become a New International Crime?
What does the proposal from Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa to add ecocide as a new international crime mean in practice?

Natural Disasters, Terrorist Disruptions and Presidential Elections
A bipartisan, synchronized response to elections taking place during emergencies would address the rights of affected voters and candidates.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2024: Recommended Reading
A selection of recent Just Security articles analyzing Indigenous issues at the intersection of law, policy, climate, justice, and more.

What the UN’s Summit of the Future Can Teach Us – When the Dust Settles
The Summit did not reinvigorate multilateralism. Multilateralism survived, yes, but did not exactly get a new lease on life.

The Just Security Podcast: Key Trends and Takeaways from the 2024 U.N. General Assembly’s High-Level Week
More than 130 world leaders just completed a week of meetings in New York for the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly. This high-level week, as it’s called,…

The UN’s New Pact for the Future: A Milestone That Can Set a Path for Change
How the recent summit could spur long-overdue structural changes necessary for more inclusive, networked, and effective global governance.

Why Criminalize Ecocide? Experts Weigh In
Experts close to the efforts to make ecocide an international crime weigh in on what they believe criminalization can achieve.

UNGA 79: Expert Analysis & Resources
Just Security's analysis of issues likely to surface during this year's General Assembly, as well as archives and additional resources.

Azerbaijan’s Aliyev Extends Arbitrary Detentions Even as He Prepares to Host Global Climate Conference COP29
Gubad Ibadoghlu's case represents a trend of falsely imprisoning human rights defenders that casts a shadow on a premier annual gathering.

A Modern Rush for ‘Green Deal’ Minerals Challenges Troubled Governance in the Western Balkans
Increased mining investment in the Western Balkans can either support crucial political and economic reforms, or further reward illiberal regimes.