If we see our forests and the planet as our patient, the risk of delay is so enormous that we cannot wait until we are absolutely sure the patient is dying. - Charles, Prince of Wales, at a meeting on Tropical Forest Science, in London, UK, on 8 May 2013.

UNDP links resource-based conflicts in Asia-Pacific to climate change

Governments are failing to prevent hunger emergencies in developing nations, despite ample warning, because they see more political danger than reward in acting early to avert famine, a report from the Chatham House thinktank said on Friday.

In this interview, Alexander Carius, Managing Director at adelphi, speaks about needs and priorities for climate security and its relevance for climate diplomacy from a think tank perspective.