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Despite growing recognition of the links between climate action, peace and justice, COP30 has sidelined these issues at a time when they are most needed. This piece explores why ignoring peace in climate policy undermines global action, and highlights the voices demanding more inclusive and accountable COP processes.
14 November 2025
In Saferworld’s latest publication, we set out to answer whether the UN’s counter-terrorism architecture has grown in proportion to security threats, or whether a process of threat inflation has led to the exaggeration of the issue of 'terrorism' to aid institutional growth. Here, the two authors, Jordan Street, Head of Saferworld’s US/UN Program, and Ali Altiok, Peace Studies & Political Science Doctoral Candidate, University of Notre Dame, explain what they found in their research.
2 October 2025
The United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Ministerial in May 2025 will serve as a high-level political forum for Member States to discuss the future of peacekeeping.
8 May 2025
In March 2023, Saferworld, Interpeace, Life & Peace Institute and Humanity United hosted a consultation event for civil society peacebuilding organisations to input their experiences and perspectives into the New Agenda for Peace process. This outcome report was submitted to the UN interdepartmental team for the New Agenda for Peace.
17 July 2023
The UN just released the biannual report on the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. But while the report touches on the right issues, it does not fully address important questions concerning oversight, impact and effectiveness, and the role of technology in UN counter-terrorism operations.
1 March 2023
Joint statement on the critical need for UN Member States and Secretary-General to use a new UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy to develop an independent oversight mechanism to assess and mitigate harm from counterterrorism measures.
30 June 2021
The United Nations secretary-general made public last week his report on the Activities of the United Nations system in implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. This marks the start of three months of negotiations over an updated UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Many hoped the secretary-general’s report would offer a robust call for much-needed changes.
9 March 2021