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Investing in Prevention: an international strategy to manage risks of instability and improve crisis response

The international community needs to invest in reducing future risk of conflict and political instability, or continue to pay the high human and financial costs of reacting to repeated crisis, says a new report from the Prime Minister's Strategy...

Europe in the World: Political choices for security and prosperity

Europe is failing to make the political choices necessary to ensure the security and prosperity of its citizens in an interdependent world. It must cultivate a rejuvenated sense of purpose if it is to rise to the challenges of the coming years....

Strategic Environmental Assessments: Capacity Building in Conflict-Affected Countries

The World Bank asked the Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment to prepare a first discussion draft on a potential role for a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in countries affected by armed conflicts, such as the Democratic...

Climate Change in the Himalayas

Climate change has become a major issue in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region. If average temperatures increase as predicted, all aspects of human and natural life will be affected. The mountain regions are particularly vulnerable, both because warming...