New Report: The Risks of Climate-Nature Silos

[Stacy VanDeveer]

Colleagues,

Perhaps of interest to many of you for classes, research, policy engagement, and social media: A new report led by Nathalie Pettorelli & the Zoological Society of London (and with participation of other Gep-ed community members and a host of other organizations).

—Stacy

2 June 2026

Current climate and nature policies are working at cross-purposes, warn the authors behind a major new report led by our team – urging that alignment is key to protecting people’s health and livelihoods.

Published today, The Risks of Climate-Nature Silos, authored by leading scientists and policy experts from 13 countries across the globe, cautions that fragmented environmental policies are creating costly failures, missed opportunities and unintended damage - all at a time when planetary boundaries are rapidly being crossed.

Read the report

A critical time for nature and climate

Announced following a record-breaking heatwave across Europe, accelerating biodiversity decline and worsening land degradation, the audit arrives at a critical moment. The year 2026 is expected to be pivotal for environmental diplomacy as the three Rio Conventions - on climate change, biodiversity and desertification - convene to shape future global action.

Stacy D. VanDeveer

Professor of Global Governance and Human Security & Graduate Program Director

Dept of Conflict Resolution, Human Security and Global Governance,

McCormack School of Policy & Global Studies,  UMass Boston, USA

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