Environment and Security 2025

Natural resources such as water, soil and biodiversity are under increasing stress. Human activity is the main cause of this global crisis affecting everybody, but most particularly the vulnerable groups of our societies. The Paris Agreement and the Global Agenda 2030, among other legal instruments, are a testimony to the increasing awareness of governments and other international actors that environmental issues should be an integral part of addressing larger global challenges. Yet their implementation is dramatically lagging behind. Moreover, with the recent COVID-19 health crisis and the ongoing geopolitical tensions including the war in Ukraine there is a risk of a weakened focus on the environment and security nexus. This is why decision makers need an understanding of the environment-security nexus in order to keep it high on the agenda. They increasingly need tools to come up with and implement new solutions and use different aspects of environmental cooperation as an instrument for peace and security.

Unique mix of top-down lectures and workshops combined with forward thinking about possible solutions to the challenges at hand.

Learning objectives

• Deeper understanding of environment and security nexus in the current security context
• Improved skills in addressing the environment and security nexus
• Increased network of experts and fellow professionals 

Course Modules 

• Phase 1: 28-30 November 2025 (1 session)
• Phase 2: 01-04 December 2025 (4 days intensive)
• Phase 3: 05-12 December 2025 (1 session)

All information you need to know (language, certification, technical and application process) before applying to the GCSP are available here. 

You will receive a GCSP certificate once you have completed all the course modules to the satisfaction of the course director.

This course will be of interest to professionals in the international security sector and beyond, such as: 

• civil servants;
• diplomats;
• military;
• private sector representatives;
• NGOs; and,
• international organisations. 

To address this global challenge cooperation amongst actors from diverse sectors is required.