Climate, Environment, Security

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Climate, Environment, Security

Geopolitics unfolds on a planet currently facing significant upheavals. The transgression of certain limits that threaten its habitability for human societies foreshadows the onset of shocks, crises, and disruptions within the international system. This could lead some actors, including states, to redefine their vision of the world, their strategies, and their interests.

The Climate, Environment and Security Programme focuses on these interdependencies: while it examines the consequences of political and geopolitical decisions on natural systems, it also seeks to analyse the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss on human and international security. It explores the evolution of geopolitics in a world structured by our relationship with living systems and natural resources, paying particular attention to feedback loops and systemic risks.

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Geopolitical challenges of Earth's system shifts

Geopolitical challenges of Earth's system shifts

Impacts of climate change on defence and national security

Impacts of climate change on defence and national security

Adaptation and resilience of society and politics to systemic risks

Adaptation and resilience of society and politics to systemic risks

Geoengineering and associated security, strategic, and governance challenges

Geoengineering and associated security, strategic, and governance challenges

Geopolitics of agricultural worlds

Geopolitics of agricultural worlds

Ocean, climate, and security

Ocean, climate, and security
Climate Diplomacy of the Gulf Monarchies: Leverage and Power Tool

Notes / Defence and Climate Observatory

13 May 2025

Climate Diplomacy of the Gulf Monarchies: Leverage and Power Tool

Éléonore Duffau

Research Fellow, IRIS

Mathilde Jourde

Research Fellow, Head of the Climate, Environment, Security Programme, IRIS

Martin Collet

Research Assistant, IRIS

Maxence Michelet

Research Assistant, IRIS

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Climate Diplomacy of the Gulf Monarchies: Leverage and Power Tool

Notes / Defence and Climate Observatory

13 May 2025

Climate Diplomacy of the Gulf Monarchies: Leverage and Power Tool

Éléonore Duffau

Research Fellow, IRIS

Mathilde Jourde

Research Fellow, Head of the Climate, Environment, Security Programme, IRIS

Martin Collet

Research Assistant, IRIS

Maxence Michelet

Research Assistant, IRIS

Security Challenges of Water Stress in Southern Europe

Notes / Defence and Climate Observatory

6 November 2024

Security Challenges of Water Stress in Southern Europe

Éléonore Duffau

Research Fellow, IRIS

Mathilde Jourde

Research Fellow, Head of the Climate, Environment, Security Programme, IRIS

Martin Collet

Research Assistant in the IRIS’s Climate, Energy & Security program

Solar Geoengineering: Geostrategic and Defence issues

Notes / Defence and Climate Observatory

29 November 2023

Solar Geoengineering: Geostrategic and Defence issues

Marine de Guglielmo Weber

Scientific Director of the Observatory

Sofia Kabbej

Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

Laura Hebbel Boutang

Assistante de recherche à l’IRIS

Climate change and hotspots of conflict around the world

Notes / Defence and Climate Observatory

14 June 2023

Climate change and hotspots of conflict around the world

Marine de Guglielmo Weber

Scientific Director of the Observatory

Yente Thienpont

Assistante de Recherche à l’IRIS

Julia Tasse

Senior Research Fellow, Head of the Ocean Programme, IRIS

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  • Marine de Guglielmo Weber

    Marine de Guglielmo Weber

    Scientific Director of the Defence and Climate Observatory, researcher at IRSEM

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