This new report summarizes lessons learned, and knowledge gained from a small but growing cadre of field-based Climate, Peace and Security Advisors located within UN field missions or seconded to regional organizations under the auspices of the Climate Security Mechanism (CSM) at the United Nations, as well as UN Country Teams who have led the field initiatives supported by the CSM.
One of the key strategies for the CSM, in collaboration with Member States and other UN partners, is to deploy and support Climate, Peace and Security Advisors (CPSAs). To date, 10 CPSAs have been deployed across a range of missions and regional and subregional organizations.
In addition to supporting these CPSAs, the CSM has also supported climate, peace and security work in a number of other contexts, including supporting CPS risk assessments, programming and other policy action in the Philippines, Haiti, Somalia, Sudan, Andean States, and in Northern Central America, as well as a number of global trainings, capacity-building workshops and community of practice efforts.
