Climate Security Mechanism
Bridging Climate Action, Peace and Security

Our impact so far

3,135+

UN and non-UN analysts trained on integrated climate, peace and security risk analysis

16

Initiatives launched to address climate, peace and security linkages in climate-vulnerable countries and regions

10

Climate, Peace and Security advisors and experts deployed and backstopped: 7 in UN missions and 3 in regional organizations

700+

UN colleagues in the Community of Practice on Climate, Peace and Security facilitated by the CSM

Contributing partners

As of January 2026, the Climate Security Mechanism (CSM) Joint Programme has been supported by generous contributions from the Governments of Austria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom through the United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund. In addition, the Governments of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and the Republic of Korea have provided in-kind support through Junior Professional Officers.

The CSM Joint Steering Committee is comprised of representatives from funding partners of the CSM Joint Programme, the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (MPTFO) as administrative agent of the Joint Programme, and the CSM entities (DPPA, UNDP, UNEP and DPO). The Joint Steering Committee provides overall guidance, oversight, and leadership to the CSM Joint Programme, and also reviews the status of implementation and coordination.

More details, including the status of funding contributions through MPTFO to date, can be found on the MPTFO Partners Gateway. For more information, please contact the CSM Core team: csm-core@un.org