This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at sustainable development in the Brazilian Amazon. The Brazilian Amazon, which has long been a symbol of abundant natural and cultural wealth, is at risk of becoming savannah following years of deforestation and degradation. The region could support a bioeconomy of unrivalled richness: however, this cannot...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at how to support the most exposed and vulnerable societies to reduce regional and global climate risks. This research paper – drawing on insights from 200 experts – highlights that, within the current decade, climate hazards are expected to have increasingly serious disruptive impacts. While many...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at increased use of forest biomass for energy and associated impacts on the climate. Existing national and intergovernmental policy frameworks treat forest biomass as zero-carbon at the point of combustion and grant it access to financial and regulatory support. Consumption of wood pellets is growing rapidly...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at why successive reforms fail to bring change in Iraq. Reform of the electoral system has been a consistent feature in Iraq since 2003. However, these developments have had little impact on how governments are formed. There is a lack of faith among Iraq’s general population...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at how a positive outcome at COP26 is crucial to putting the world on a safer path. COP26 is a crucial opportunity to prevent the most disastrous impacts of climate change and uphold the credibility of the Paris Agreement. To have a chance of keeping global...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the risks of policies forging ahead of the evidence. Due to the slow pace of decarbonization, climate models are increasingly reliant on carbon removal technologies – such as bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) – to limit global warming and avoid catastrophe. BECCS has...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the enduring principles for responding to Moscow. Russia continues to use a variety of state and non-state levers of power to cause harm to Western governments, societies and people. Driven by a perception that it is already in conflict with the West, Moscow has progressively...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the capabilities, limitations and challenges in Russian military technology. Military technology innovation enables Russia’s way of war and informs new concepts of operation and military thought around future warfare, especially asymmetric advantages against more powerful competitors. New weapons systems, dubbed Putin’s superoruzhie (‘super weapons’) and...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at how the risks are compounding, and without immediate action the impacts will be devastating. At COP26, the governments of highly emitting countries will have a critical opportunity to accelerate emissions reductions through ambitious revisions of their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). If emissions follow the trajectory...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at how to balance globalisation and sovereignty. The US, the EU and the UK hold a leading position in international trade and the global economy, and enjoy wide-reaching economic partnerships with Asia-Pacific nations. Governments in the US and Europe have a critically important role to play...