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A priority for the CSM is capacity building to help strengthen the ability to advance prevention and sustaining peace in a climate-changing world. Jointly with partners, the CSM has developed a guidance package to help foster a shared approach to the analysis of climate-related peace and security risks and shape integrated and timely responses. The Toolbox (2020), targeted at the United Nations system but available to all practitioners and the general public, contains four guidance documents available in English, Spanish and French.

CSM Progress reports

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CSM Progress Report 2021-2022

The Climate Security Mechanism (CSM) released its Progress Report 2022, following the first edition published in 2021. It reflects on the CSM’s achievements as of May 2022 as a joint initiative by the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Department of Peace Operations (DPO). Established in 2018, the CSM draws on the complementary expertise…
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CSM Progress Report 2020-2021

The first progress report of the Climate Security Mechanism (CSM) reflects on its early achievements as a joint initiative by the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, the UN Development Programme and the UN Environment Programme with the support of Sweden, Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom. The CSM was established in 2018 to strengthen the capacity of the UN system to address climate-related security risks. The report…