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POLICY ANALYSIS
The research shows that African plans increasingly reference CPS risks, but integration remains highly uneven, revealing deep political and institutional barriers. While some countries embed CPS proactively or reactively, many high‑vulnerability states still under‑prioritise it, exposing a clear mismatch between risk levels and policy ambition, as well as between diagnosing CPS pressures and operational measures. Yet, the study highlights that NAPs and NDCs remain essential tools for embedding CPS into national climate governance and outlines concrete pathways to strengthen their role in future planning cycles.
ANALYSIS
France’s approach to Africa continues to overlook the central role of climate impacts in driving instability, focusing instead on outdated security frameworks. This narrow lens has weakened French influence while other actors fill the vacuum, as the root causes of fragility remain unaddressed. A credible path forward involves a climate‑peace‑security strategy built with African partners, centred on adaptation, resilience, and equal partnerships rather than military reflexes.
ANALYSIS
The research highlights that COP30 delivered symbolic ambition but failed to advance the CPS agenda, marking a sharp decline in political attention and was excluded from negotiation texts, revealing deep institutional and geopolitical barriers.
Outside negotiations, civil society, Indigenous leaders, and new initiatives kept CPS concerns alive, but without formal anchoring in the UNFCCC. The report highlights that CPS remains essential for credible climate governance and outlines pathways to reintegrate it into future COP cycles.
ANALYSIS
The analytical summary, as part of Skylark Center’s Path to Ottawa session sought to examine how CPS featured during COP30, and identify pathways to strengthen its integration in global climate governance. The event aimed to build momentum for embedding peace and security more firmly within climate action, ensuring that responses to a warming world contribute to stability, cooperation, and resilience rather than exacerbating fragility.
RESEARCH ANALYSIS
This report examines why climate security remains largely absent from major COP outcomes, and unpacks Brazil’s complex positioning as COP30 host. It identifies five systemic barriers that keep the nexus at the margins, and outlines a practical roadmap to make COP a platform for peace and resilience through both negotiation and non‑negotiation tracks.
The report concludes with concrete recommendations for negotiators, advocates, and decision‑makers seeking to elevate climate security in global climate governance.
INSIGHTS
The report provides foundational insights and analysis into the nexus of climate change and conflicts in Nigeria, expanding on the climate crisis and its associated risks to human security in Nigeria and the Sahel Region.
