DGAP’s Center for Climate and Foreign Policy assesses the societal and geoeconomic impacts of climate change. The interdisciplinary team builds on scientific findings to develop policy recommendations for a coherent German foreign policy at the interface of climate security and human security.
Main Topics:
- Relevance of climate change for German security policy
- Coherence in response to the climate crisis given the interrelationship between the domestic and foreign policy dimensions of climate policy
- Consequences of climate migration and displacement worldwide
- Geoeconomic dimensions of the climate crisis: German climate and energy policy and international climate diplomacy
- Role of civilian crisis prevention in hindering the escalation of resource conflicts
- International legal dimensions of the climate crisis
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Publications
Energie- und Klimapolitik im Kontext von Russlands Krieg
Nachhaltige Ansätze zur Lösung globaler Krisen
Zeitenwende braucht Energiewende
Unsere Sicherheit ist nicht nur von der Abhängigkeit von fossilen Energieträgern bedroht, sondern auch vom Umwelt- und Klimakollaps: ein Zwischenruf.
Sea Change for Europe’s Security Order
Three Future Scenarios
Sustaining peace and sustained headwinds
The UN’s climate, peace and security agenda in a difficult environment