World leaders have so far been failing to prepare for a new era of complex and often unpredictable peace risks as profound environmental and security crises converge and intensify, according to a grim new forecast by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
"Our new report for policymakers goes beyond simply showing that environmental change can increase risks to peace and security. That’s established," says SIPRI Director and Environment of Peace author Dan Smith.
In their report, the researchers list that today about a quarter of all species are threatened with extinction, the number of pollinating insects and ...