Héctor Morales-Muñoz
@hectormoralesm.bsky.social
Senior Advisor in climate diplomacy and security at adelphi. #EnvironmentalPeacebuilding #ClimateSecurity Views my own.
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Do you want to know how inclusive consevation can contribute to climate and conflict resilience? 📖💡
Have a look at this collective knowledge collection from Latin America👇🏼 weatheringrisk.org/en/publicati...
Have a look at this collective knowledge collection from Latin America👇🏼 weatheringrisk.org/en/publicati...
It is imperative that all future planning activities concerning stabilization, peacebuilding, and sustainable development in the #LakeChad region consider a comprehensive system-wide approach to address climate-fragility risks
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Lake Chad isn’t shrinking — but climate change is causing other problems
The communities around Lake Chad have always lived by its water rhythms. Now, as climate change impacts intensify, they must find new ways to adapt. The Lake Chad Basin lies in the Sahel, on the south...
news.mongabay.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It is imperative that all future planning activities concerning stabilization, peacebuilding, and sustainable development in the #LakeChad region consider a comprehensive system-wide approach to address climate-fragility risks
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/lake...
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/lake...
"Fear: Climate change will lead to a dramatic increase in migration from the MENA to Europe.
Fact: Climate hazards are increasingly a driver of forced migration and displacement, BUT migrants tend to stay within countries of origin or remain within the region."
manaramagazine.org/2025/01/de-s...
Fact: Climate hazards are increasingly a driver of forced migration and displacement, BUT migrants tend to stay within countries of origin or remain within the region."
manaramagazine.org/2025/01/de-s...
De-Securitizing Climate Migration in the Middle East and North Africa - Manara Magazine
Global warming and the climate crisis affect all regions of the world, but the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is particularly vulnerable.
manaramagazine.org
April 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"Fear: Climate change will lead to a dramatic increase in migration from the MENA to Europe.
Fact: Climate hazards are increasingly a driver of forced migration and displacement, BUT migrants tend to stay within countries of origin or remain within the region."
manaramagazine.org/2025/01/de-s...
Fact: Climate hazards are increasingly a driver of forced migration and displacement, BUT migrants tend to stay within countries of origin or remain within the region."
manaramagazine.org/2025/01/de-s...
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Donald Trump has broken with Western policy and sided with Russia. @sabfis3.bsky.social is therefore calling for swift and decisive European action. The next German government must take on a key role from its very first day in office. 👇
www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...
www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...
‘Everything about Ukraine without Ukraine’
Peace Negotiations in Trump’s Brave New World
www.swp-berlin.org
April 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Donald Trump has broken with Western policy and sided with Russia. @sabfis3.bsky.social is therefore calling for swift and decisive European action. The next German government must take on a key role from its very first day in office. 👇
www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...
www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...
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Hot off the press🔥 Social resilience research on climate-related hazards: Trends, accomplishments and shortcomings. We review how research engages with communities and places exposed to climate-related hazards.Open access in @plosclimate.org funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
April 10, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Hot off the press🔥 Social resilience research on climate-related hazards: Trends, accomplishments and shortcomings. We review how research engages with communities and places exposed to climate-related hazards.Open access in @plosclimate.org funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
On #ColombianVictimsDay Our podcast reveals the connections between environmental peacebuilding and transitional justice. Climate initiatives can compensate victims, recognize and restore affected ecosystems, and generate employment for ex-combatants. #April9
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lq...
Episode 38: Reconnecting people to their power: Transitional justice and 'cosmovisión' in Colombia
YouTube video by adelphi, Berlin
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April 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
On #ColombianVictimsDay Our podcast reveals the connections between environmental peacebuilding and transitional justice. Climate initiatives can compensate victims, recognize and restore affected ecosystems, and generate employment for ex-combatants. #April9
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lq...
What are the climate impacts of cutting USAid?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-nea...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-nea...
Analysis: Nearly a tenth of global climate finance threatened by Trump aid cuts - Carbon Brief
Nearly a tenth of global climate finance could be under threat as US president Donald Trump’s aid cuts risk wiping out huge swathes of spending overseas
www.carbonbrief.org
April 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
What are the climate impacts of cutting USAid?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-nea...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-nea...
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🎙️Our March episode of the Climate Diplomacy podcast is out just in time for weekend listening: adelph.it/podcast48
We discuss the dynamics of internal and cross-border migration, borderland securitization, the role of community networks in Bangladesh and more.
🎧 adelph.it/podcast48
We discuss the dynamics of internal and cross-border migration, borderland securitization, the role of community networks in Bangladesh and more.
🎧 adelph.it/podcast48
March 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🎙️Our March episode of the Climate Diplomacy podcast is out just in time for weekend listening: adelph.it/podcast48
We discuss the dynamics of internal and cross-border migration, borderland securitization, the role of community networks in Bangladesh and more.
🎧 adelph.it/podcast48
We discuss the dynamics of internal and cross-border migration, borderland securitization, the role of community networks in Bangladesh and more.
🎧 adelph.it/podcast48
"Addressing climate risks proactively can reduce the likelihood of conflict reemergence, saving significant resources that would otherwise be spent on emergency response and reconstruction." weatheringrisk.org/en/impact-no...
Seeking sustainable peace in a changing climate
Why do we need targeted, evidence-based investments in peace programming that integrates climate and environmental security?
weatheringrisk.org
April 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"Addressing climate risks proactively can reduce the likelihood of conflict reemergence, saving significant resources that would otherwise be spent on emergency response and reconstruction." weatheringrisk.org/en/impact-no...
🌍 New impact story: How the Wadi El Ku 2 project in North Darfur used water management & local governance to build peace in a climate-challenged region. Read key lessons from our Weathering Risk methodology! @climatediplo.bsky.social 💧🤝 shorturl.at/Pl9ED #EnvironmentalPeacebuilding #resilience
Improving agricultural productivity and fostering peace through inclusive natural resource management in Sudan
The UNEP-led Wadi El Ku 2 catchment project used inclusive natural resource management strategies to improve agricultural productivity and foster l
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April 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🌍 New impact story: How the Wadi El Ku 2 project in North Darfur used water management & local governance to build peace in a climate-challenged region. Read key lessons from our Weathering Risk methodology! @climatediplo.bsky.social 💧🤝 shorturl.at/Pl9ED #EnvironmentalPeacebuilding #resilience
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NEW Science policy interface publication from the @unccd.bsky.social www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Sustainable Land Use Systems: The path to collectively achieving Land Degradation Neutrality
PDF | Cowie, A., E. Huber-Sannwald, B. Kishchuk, M. Ljusa, D. Armenteras, F. Akinyemi, N. Barger, H. Gichenje, T. Ulambayar, M. Albagnac, V. Boerger, A.... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...
www.researchgate.net
March 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
NEW Science policy interface publication from the @unccd.bsky.social www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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📢 Join XCEPT next Monday, March 31st, 2025 for a discussion with top scholars & policymakers on the interlinkages between climate change, conflict, and political instability.
Learn more and register for this hybrid event here: www.xcept-research.org/news_events/...
Learn more and register for this hybrid event here: www.xcept-research.org/news_events/...
Turning up the heat: climate change, conflict, and political instability - XCEPT
2024 shattered records as the warmest year ever recorded, while climate-related disasters inflicted a staggering $297 billion in economic damage. The far-reaching impacts of climate change are already...
www.xcept-research.org
March 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
📢 Join XCEPT next Monday, March 31st, 2025 for a discussion with top scholars & policymakers on the interlinkages between climate change, conflict, and political instability.
Learn more and register for this hybrid event here: www.xcept-research.org/news_events/...
Learn more and register for this hybrid event here: www.xcept-research.org/news_events/...
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This story is horrific and terrifying. Then, near the end, this:
"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This story is horrific and terrifying. Then, near the end, this:
"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Resonating with @climatemorgan.bsky.social insights at Berlin #EnergyTransition dialogue, our article explores lessons learned from Germany and Colombia and how to better foster energy communities that can boost local value & resilience.🔋https://t.co/Z5MnBjZVzl
@climatediplo.bsky.social
@climatediplo.bsky.social
As #BETD25 wraps up, my 3 closing messages:
1️⃣Collaboration: let’s make the time to work together & accelerate learning
2️⃣Communication: let’s tell the stories of people actually delivering #energytransition & securing the benefits
3️⃣Courage: let’s move forward boldly
@greensofa-betd.bsky.social
1️⃣Collaboration: let’s make the time to work together & accelerate learning
2️⃣Communication: let’s tell the stories of people actually delivering #energytransition & securing the benefits
3️⃣Courage: let’s move forward boldly
@greensofa-betd.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Resonating with @climatemorgan.bsky.social insights at Berlin #EnergyTransition dialogue, our article explores lessons learned from Germany and Colombia and how to better foster energy communities that can boost local value & resilience.🔋https://t.co/Z5MnBjZVzl
@climatediplo.bsky.social
@climatediplo.bsky.social
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Watch the linkages between critical minerals and climate security 👇🏼https://youtu.be/EpxIU2fD9pM
Critical minerals and the energy transition: a climate security approach
YouTube video by adelphi, Berlin
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February 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Watch the linkages between critical minerals and climate security 👇🏼https://youtu.be/EpxIU2fD9pM
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Investing in renewable off-grid enterprises provides communities with electricity for productive uses and revenues, empowering them to resist illegal economies and fostering resilience in a just green transition. #EnergyCommunities #GreenTransition
climate-diplomacy.org/magazine/env...
climate-diplomacy.org/magazine/env...
Harnessing the Winds of Change: What Colombia and Germany can learn from each other’s green energy transition
Across the Atlantic, Colombia and Germany are setting course for a greener future, navigating the turbulent times of the energy transition. These two countries, whose starting points are seemingly wor...
climate-diplomacy.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Investing in renewable off-grid enterprises provides communities with electricity for productive uses and revenues, empowering them to resist illegal economies and fostering resilience in a just green transition. #EnergyCommunities #GreenTransition
climate-diplomacy.org/magazine/env...
climate-diplomacy.org/magazine/env...
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In 2024, the EU and Serbia signed a strategic raw materials partnership. Critics fear that the rule-of-law structures, as well as environmental and social standards, could be undermined, write @fraumuellerbln.bsky.social, Lea Maria Strack & Marina Vulović: www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...
The EU’s Raw Materials Diplomacy: Serbia as a Test Case
The Rule of Law and Sustainability as Benchmarks for Europe’s Raw Materials Cooperation
www.swp-berlin.org
March 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
In 2024, the EU and Serbia signed a strategic raw materials partnership. Critics fear that the rule-of-law structures, as well as environmental and social standards, could be undermined, write @fraumuellerbln.bsky.social, Lea Maria Strack & Marina Vulović: www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...
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📢 JOB ALERT 📢
Be quick and take a look at these two #PhD positions researching countering #jihadi insurgency in Africa.
Only two days left to apply! ⌛
Be quick and take a look at these two #PhD positions researching countering #jihadi insurgency in Africa.
Only two days left to apply! ⌛
JOB ALERT: I have two vacancies for fully-funded, 4 year PhD positions in my European Research Council Project “Countering Jihadi Insurgencies in Africa”; one on Nigeria, one on Mozambique. Closing date for applications 15 March 2025, start in Sept. 2025
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
PhD Positions in Political Science/Conflict Studies/African Studies (two full-time positions)
PhD Positions in Political Science/Conflict Studies/African Studies (two full-time positions, each 1.0 fte)The Institute of Political Science of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences invites ...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
March 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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🌱Ahead of #COP16Riyadh, @raquelmunayer.bsky.social & @hectormoralesm.bsky.social conducted, in partnership with @fao.org, trainings for @unccd.bsky.social focal points to support development of core skills + deliver tools for global drought policy negotiation.
Find out more: youtu.be/JlKk6BzbEfw?...
Find out more: youtu.be/JlKk6BzbEfw?...
Negotiating resilience: developing capacities on drought policy
YouTube video by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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March 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🌱Ahead of #COP16Riyadh, @raquelmunayer.bsky.social & @hectormoralesm.bsky.social conducted, in partnership with @fao.org, trainings for @unccd.bsky.social focal points to support development of core skills + deliver tools for global drought policy negotiation.
Find out more: youtu.be/JlKk6BzbEfw?...
Find out more: youtu.be/JlKk6BzbEfw?...
Re-watch how investing in land restoration impulses security in dimension such as fertile land and food, migration prevention, water, transboundary international cooperation, livelihoods carbon sinks and biodiversity
securityconference.org/en/msc-2025/...
securityconference.org/en/msc-2025/...
Conversation on Land Restoration and Security - Munich Security Conference
The Munich Security Conference (MSC) is the world's leading forum for debating the most pressing challenges to international security.
securityconference.org
March 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Re-watch how investing in land restoration impulses security in dimension such as fertile land and food, migration prevention, water, transboundary international cooperation, livelihoods carbon sinks and biodiversity
securityconference.org/en/msc-2025/...
securityconference.org/en/msc-2025/...
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We fully agree with @jochenflasbarth.bsky.social – #GlobalDevelopment cooperation is key. 🇩🇪 supports a security approach, balancing #CivilianEfforts with military strategies, to build a strong society and lay the foundation for long-term peace. #PeaceBuilding @bmz.de @unhcr.org @ec.europa.eu
Internationale #Entwicklungszusammenarbeit brauchen wir gerade jetzt. Wir dürfen nicht Trump nacheifern, der Millionen Menschen auf der Welt in mehr Elend treibt! Sicherheit werden wir nicht nur militärisch erreichen, sie braucht auch ziviles Engagement! @bmz.de
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
Ein entscheidender Vorteil für Deutschland
Entwicklungshilfe: Wer stopft die Lücken, die Trump reißt?
www.t-online.de
March 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We fully agree with @jochenflasbarth.bsky.social – #GlobalDevelopment cooperation is key. 🇩🇪 supports a security approach, balancing #CivilianEfforts with military strategies, to build a strong society and lay the foundation for long-term peace. #PeaceBuilding @bmz.de @unhcr.org @ec.europa.eu
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📬 On our latest newsletter:
📖 Germany's National Interdisciplinary #ClimateRisk Assessment
🕊️ Navigating Peace in a Changing Climate: #ClimateAndSecurity Trend Analysis
🏝️ Conversation on #LandRestoration and Security at the #MSC2025
And more!
Read: adelph.it/2ndIssue2025
📖 Germany's National Interdisciplinary #ClimateRisk Assessment
🕊️ Navigating Peace in a Changing Climate: #ClimateAndSecurity Trend Analysis
🏝️ Conversation on #LandRestoration and Security at the #MSC2025
And more!
Read: adelph.it/2ndIssue2025
March 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
📬 On our latest newsletter:
📖 Germany's National Interdisciplinary #ClimateRisk Assessment
🕊️ Navigating Peace in a Changing Climate: #ClimateAndSecurity Trend Analysis
🏝️ Conversation on #LandRestoration and Security at the #MSC2025
And more!
Read: adelph.it/2ndIssue2025
📖 Germany's National Interdisciplinary #ClimateRisk Assessment
🕊️ Navigating Peace in a Changing Climate: #ClimateAndSecurity Trend Analysis
🏝️ Conversation on #LandRestoration and Security at the #MSC2025
And more!
Read: adelph.it/2ndIssue2025
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How can climate and humanitarian action support peace?
Explore in our #HNPW event:
📅20 March | 14:00-15:30 CET
ℹ️ adelph.it/HNPW2025
SPEAKERS
🔸 Ratia Tekenet / UNMISS
🔸 @omeisy.bsky.social / @eurpeace.bsky.social
🔸 @wxpizza.bsky.social / @columbiaclimate.bsky.social
🔸 Esra Buttanri / @unops.org
Explore in our #HNPW event:
📅20 March | 14:00-15:30 CET
ℹ️ adelph.it/HNPW2025
SPEAKERS
🔸 Ratia Tekenet / UNMISS
🔸 @omeisy.bsky.social / @eurpeace.bsky.social
🔸 @wxpizza.bsky.social / @columbiaclimate.bsky.social
🔸 Esra Buttanri / @unops.org
March 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
How can climate and humanitarian action support peace?
Explore in our #HNPW event:
📅20 March | 14:00-15:30 CET
ℹ️ adelph.it/HNPW2025
SPEAKERS
🔸 Ratia Tekenet / UNMISS
🔸 @omeisy.bsky.social / @eurpeace.bsky.social
🔸 @wxpizza.bsky.social / @columbiaclimate.bsky.social
🔸 Esra Buttanri / @unops.org
Explore in our #HNPW event:
📅20 March | 14:00-15:30 CET
ℹ️ adelph.it/HNPW2025
SPEAKERS
🔸 Ratia Tekenet / UNMISS
🔸 @omeisy.bsky.social / @eurpeace.bsky.social
🔸 @wxpizza.bsky.social / @columbiaclimate.bsky.social
🔸 Esra Buttanri / @unops.org
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This would be a game changer: „The global south can seize this moment to take the lead. Countries like South Africa, Brazil, China, Kenya, Ghana & Indonesia have the opportunity to forge a new climate alliance, setting the pace for a transition that prioritises sustainability and economic justice.“
Climate talks: global south must seize the moment and take the lead
Reducing emissions, removing greenhouse gases, repairing ecosystems and building resilience are the four R’s that can save the planet.
theconversation.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This would be a game changer: „The global south can seize this moment to take the lead. Countries like South Africa, Brazil, China, Kenya, Ghana & Indonesia have the opportunity to forge a new climate alliance, setting the pace for a transition that prioritises sustainability and economic justice.“