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Sri Lanka is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. This profile provides an overview of climate trends for short-term (2020-39) and medium-term time periods under both higher emissions (SSP3-7.0) and lower-emission (SSP1-2.6) scenarios and their impacts across different sectors.

From rising sea levels to intensifying competition over natural resources, climate change is posing critical threats to peace, stability and development across the Asia-Pacific region. Despite increasing climate-related security risks, international discussions have often overlooked the region’s experiences and expertise. This report seeks to address that gap.

This assessment identifies six interconnected pathways through which climate and environmental changes amplify security risks in PNG and eight priority recommendation areas.

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is at a pivotal moment, facing the converging threats of climate change, environmental degradation and persistent insecurity. These intersecting challenges demand urgent and coordinated action by all relevant stakeholders. This assessment aims to provide up-to-date evidence to support policy planning and programming in PNG’s various regions and offers recommendations to strengthen the country’s resilience and enhance its capacity to cope, withstand and respond to concurrent shocks.

This report analyses the peacebuilding policy approaches of the Santos, Duque, and Petro administrations in Colombia and explores environmental peacebuilding good practices at the local level to address the intricate relationship between environmental degradation, climate change, and peacebuilding efforts. It presents recommendations for implementing an Environmental Peacebuilding Policy (EPP) to strengthen resilience and achieve sustainable peace.

Co-authored by the Institute and PAX, this report investigates Yemen’s waste crisis as a result of the armed conflict and reflects on ways to address it as a contribution to peacemaking, conflict prevention, and stabilisation. It identifies the main governance challenges in relation to effective waste management and analyses the impact of Yemen's solid waste crisis on society, security, and the environment. The report also identifies entry points to respond to this crisis and support local resilience to both environmental and conflict risks.

Commissioned by the UNDP–DPPA Joint Programme and UN Women with the support from the Government of Australia, and conducted by adelphi research, this pioneering assessment offers the first integrated analysis of climate resilience, peacebuilding, and gender dynamics in Sri Lanka. The report provides actionable insights and locally tailored recommendations to support inclusive governance, equitable climate adaptation, and strengthened social cohesion.