Literature monitoring

Managing climate, peace and security risks in the Lake Chad Region: Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) Policy Brief, Cedric de Coning & al., XCEPT, NIIA, 2026
What does a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) – undertaken for the climate, peace and security risks in the Lake Chad region – tell us about utilising climate change and environmental issues as entry points to foster stability, resilience and development.
Support for Mutual Aid in three Central States in Sudan: Game Changing and Saving Lives, Rawh Nasir, Nils Carstensen, L2GP, 2025
This new report details practical experience with community-led responses and mutual aid in three central states of Sudan during 2024 and 2025. This research draws on interviews with mutual aid groups, Emergency Response Room volunteers, and staff from national and international aid actors. It finds that mutual aid was of vital importance in these states, able to reach people when traditional humanitarian assistance could not.
Medical Care in the Crosshairs: The attack on humanity, Médecins Sans Frontières, 2026
Ten years after the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2286, which condemned attacks on health care and called for an end to impunity, attacks on medical care in armed conflicts have reached record levels. This report draws figures from existing international databases and MSF’s own experience working in areas of armed conflict.

Thematic literature reviews

Several times a year, “Documentary analyses”, focusing on a given subject often related to current events, are also carried out.