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A statement from the World Resources Institute Europe UK Office regarding the election of a new Labour government in the United Kingdom, outlining recommended priorities for national climate policy and international leadership on finance, nature, and development.

This briefing provides recommendations to enhance synergies between climate and biodiversity international agendas, specifically targeting the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), UNFCCC COP29, and COP30. It identifies five key opportunities: improving monitoring indicators for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), aligning national biodiversity and climate plans, increasing collaboration between scientific bodies (IPBES and IPCC), establishing a joint work program among the Rio Conventions, and formalizing the role of CBD Action Agenda High-Level Champions.

This report, produced by the Environment and Security (ENVSEC) Initiative (a partnership between UNDP, UNEP, and OSCE), assesses the linkages between environmental stress and human security in the Southern Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia). It identifies how environmental degradation, natural hazards, and Soviet-era industrial legacies can exacerbate social tensions and conflict, while proposing that technical environmental cooperation can serve as a tool for peace-building and regional stability.

This report, produced by the Environment and Security (ENVSEC) Initiative—a partnership between UNDP, UNEP, and OSCE—analyzes the intersection of environmental degradation and human security in the South Caucasus. It identifies priority risk areas in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia, focusing on how resource scarcity, industrial legacy, and urban growth can exacerbate social tensions or, conversely, serve as catalysts for regional cooperation.