Environment

Defense issues
Defense issues

Integration of climate-environmental issues by the armed forces

Whether in terms of anticipating risks or threats to national security, vulnerability of military infrastructure, adaptation of equipment and training to the effects of rising average temperatures or extreme conditions (Arctic), it is clear that the impacts of climate change pose many challenges to the maintenance and implementation of the military effect of armed forces.

23 March 2021
Research methodologies and tools
Human security issues
Research methodologies and tools
Human security issues

South America

This eleventh study report by the Defence and Climate Observatory presents the elements collected on five South American countries: Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Argentina. It is organised around five country sheets, headed by a regional analysis highlighting vulnerabilities and cross-cutting challenges, as well as commonalities and differences. An appendix is dedicated to the analysis of the Antarctic continent, a continent that constitutes an important geopolitical issue in the region.

8 October 2019
Research methodologies and tools
Human security issues
Research methodologies and tools
Human security issues

Environmental security in the eastern Indian Ocean, Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. A risk mapping approach

This report arises from a Track 1.5 Australia–France–India strategic dialogue held in New Delhi in January 2018. It builds on a French proposal introduced at that meeting. In this study, Australian and French teams did a joint risk-mapping exercise for the area south of latitude 60°S.

21 June 2019
Research methodologies and tools
Human security issues
Research methodologies and tools
Human security issues

Western Indian Ocean foresight

This ninth study report by the Defence and Climate Observatory presents the elements collected on the countries of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC): the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles. It is organised around four country profiles, headed by a regional analysis highlighting vulnerabilities and cross-cutting challenges, commonalities and differences.

31 May 2019