South Asia has experienced devastating climate extremes this years including a prolonged heatwave and major flooding. On COP27 Resilience Day, listen to our latest Climate Briefing episode on how South Asia can build resilience to climate impacts. 🎧 chathamhouse.org/2022/11/climat…

Struggling to keep up with COP27? Join our debrief event next week! Hear Chatham House's expert insights and analysis, just after the summit. 🗓️ 23 November 🕛12:00pm GMT 💻Online Register now 👇 chathamhouse.org/events/all/res…

Brilliant piece by my colleagues Gareth Price and Anum Farhan on @Cascades_EU explaining the 'climate-triggered roulette' that played out in South Asia this year cascades.eu/publication/bu…

✨ A pleasure to co-author this long read with Gareth Price. ✨ South Asian countries need to invest in climate resilience and adaptation - but this will require political will, public support, technological advances, regional cooperation and, sadly, a great deal of luck.

After many months of digging, May Bulman and I can reveal not one Afghan has been brought to the UK under the ACRS, with many facing torture and death. Meanwhile, only 5-8 staff are working on the scheme compared to 540 on Ukraine. theguardian.com/world/2022/dec…

2022 brought extreme heatwaves and floods to South Asia. Why did they happen? How can the region build climate resilience? What are the political obstacles to action? Read this @Cascades_EU article by Gareth Price & Anum Farhan: cascades.eu/publication/bu…

Today we launch our Review of Energy Policy 2022, which this year focuses on the energy crisis. Covering energy efficiency and affordability, resilience and gas supplies, impacts on industry and transport, and the UK and EU energy relationship. bit.ly/3PCx1kt

🎙️ NEW EPISODE: Building Resilient Coastal Cities How is climate change threatening coastal cities, including mega-cities like Mumbai, Karachi, and Dhaka? 🇮🇳🇵🇰🇧🇩 🗣️ Hear from Ashwin Naidu Dhanasree Jayaram, PhD Yusuf Jameel Anum Farhan chathamhouse.org/2022/12/climat…

Extreme weather – including heatwaves and flooding – appears to be the new normal for Pakistan. Gareth Price and I recently explored why and how this is happening for @Cascades_EU, and how resilience against climate impacts can be strengthened: cascades.eu/publication/bu…

Flooding could cost South Asia up to $215bn every year by 2030, with the number of climate migrants reaching 40m by 2050. Omair Ahmad (The Third Pole) and Anum Farhan explore how coastal cities must adapt to deal with the cascading impacts of sea level rise. cascades.eu/publication/bu…

Very proud of my Chatham House team, Armida van Rij with @ChathamHouseISR and Anum Farhan with Chatham House Environment and Society. Really looking forward to hearing Armida share our research findings on NATO's role in addressing climate security, tomorrow. Please tune in!

Climate change and extreme weather events risk jeopardizing NATO capabilities, and the alliance must prepare, warn Anum Farhan, (Chatham House Environment and Society) Signe E Kossmann and Armida van Rij (@ChathamHouseISR). chathamhouse.org/2023/07/prepar…

How does #climatechange affect security issues, and what does this in turn mean for #defence forces? To find out, I speak to Tobias Ellwood (Chair of the Defence Committee) and Anum Farhan (Chatham House): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…

If you write, teach or otherwise work on anything "decolonial", but don't appreciate the significance of this picture, then your work isn't really decolonial

You can and should condemn the killing of civilians. You can argue there is no justification for such violence. But to call the attack “unprovoked” is not just dishonest but dehumanizing—as if to say the daily violence and oppression Palestinians face is an acceptable norm.

📢 @Cascades_EU new publication: Explore how the EU can respond coherently and effectively to cross-border climate impacts that originate in – or pass through – food systems🌿🌾cascades.eu/publication/th…

A new Perfect Pairings is here! 📚💕 For anyone interested in the intersection of climate change and ideology, Mariana Vieira has picked two books that go perfectly hand in hand. Keep reading to find out more about ‘Why Islamists go green’ and ‘The rise of ecofascism’ 🧵👇

The global trade and production of textiles contributes 6-8 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions and creates 92 million tonnes of waste, write Anum Farhan and Glada (Chatham House Environment and Society). chathamhouse.org/2024/03/how-gl…