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Cited by and interviewed in
The Council on Strategic Risks team has written for numerous publications, and been cited in, and interviewed by, a significant number of mainstream and niche media outlets, as well as academic publications, books and public testimonies. Below is a list of notable selections.
- Scott Amyx
Interview with Francesco Femia, CEO of The Council on Strategic Risks & Co-Founder, The Center for Climate and Security, December 23, 2019 - The Sociable
Tim Hinchliffe, “China and Russia are putting a new spin on the term ‘Cold War’ in the Arctic”: Senate hearing,” December 12, 2019 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Defense bill includes climate provisions for the military,” December 11, 2019 - Federal News Network – Federal Drive
Tom Temin, “Interview with Francesco Femia: Army War College finds service ill-equipped to face climate change,” December 6, 2019 - Yale Climate Connections
Interview with Lieutenant Commander Oliver-Leighton Barrett, USN (Ret), “How climate change influences immigration to the United States,” December 4, 2019 - Channel 4 News
Matt Frei, “Sherri Goodman: “Climate change is changing the security landscape,” December 4, 2019 - CNN
Chandelis Duster, “John Kerry on the climate crisis: ‘No country is getting the job done’,” December 1, 2019 - E&E News
Maya Earls, “‘Start acting right away.’ Group calls for global risk panel,” November 5, 2019 - Defense One
John Conger, “Protecting US Bases Increasingly Requires Hardening Civilian Infrastructure,” November 4, 2019 - Nation of Change
Derek Royden, “Risk assessment: Thoughts on ‘a climate security plan for America,’” November 1, 2019 - Community World
Bill Knight, “Humans aren’t hopeless on climate change,” October 30, 2019 - The New York Times
Denise Lu and Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows,” October 29, 2019 - Vice
Nafeez Ahmed, “U.S. Military Could Collapse Within 20 Years Due to Climate Change, Report Commissioned By Pentagon Says,” October 24, 2019 - Yale Climate Connections
Michael Svoboda, “12 reports on carbon pricing, climate security, and more,” October 18, 2019 - KTVA
Liz Raines, “Former military officials call for climate security plan, Arctic research,” October 9, 2019 - American Institute of Physics
This Week, “New Climate Reports Spotlight Impacts and Response Options,” September 30, 2019 - Morocco World News
Perri Huggins, “Climate Apartheid Is Upon Us,” September 28, 2019 - Newsweek
Alexandra Hutzler, “It’s Not Just Greta Thunberg, Former Top Military Officials Tell Donald Trump To Treat Climate Change As Major National Security Threat,” September 24, 2019 - Stars and Stripes
Wyatt Olson, “Former top military officials seek action, saying climate change poses ‘unprecedented security risks,’” September 24, 2019 - Medium
Aaron Gell, “People Are Seriously Talking About Invading Brazil to Save the Planet,” September 24, 2019 - TRT World
“Interview with Sherri Goodman,” September 23, 2019 - Forbes
Chunka Mui, “How Business Leaders Can Lead On Climate Change—Right Now. 3 Lessons From The U.S. Military,” September 22, 2019 - Huffington Post
Travis Waldron, “As The Amazon Burns, Brazil’s Best Ally In Climate Denial Is The United States,” September 22, 2019 - The Hill
Sherri Goodman and Gen. Gordon Sullivan, “Climate Change Threatens the Backbone of America’s Global Power,” September 22, 2019 - CBS News
Margaret Brennan, “Former intelligence analyst says White House tried to delete “basic science” from climate change report,” September 20, 2019 (interview with Dr. Rod Schoonover) - Bloomberg News
Bloomberg Markets: The Open, “Viewing Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier for Instability,” September 20, 2019 (interview with Sherri Goodman) - NPR On Point
Meghna Chakrabarti, “As The Effects Of Climate Change Escalate, So Could Global Conflict, Writer Says,” September 19, 2019 (interview with Francesco Femia begins at 25:05) - The New Republic
Emily Atkin, “The Blood-Dimmed Tide: Climate change is poised to alter the face of global conflict,” September 17, 2019 - MSNBC
John Conger, “Why climate change is a national security issue,” September 16, 2019 - IPI Global Observatory
Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia, “The Responsibility to Prepare for Climate Change,” September 16, 2019 - The Scientist
Catherine Offord, “Science Advisor William Happer to Leave National Security Council,” September 13, 2019 - Science
Scott Waldman, “Why a high-profile climate science opponent quit Trump’s White House,” September 12, 2019 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Death of climate panel prompted Happer resignation,” September 12, 2019 - Council on Foreign Relations
Busby, Joshua, “A Clear and Present Danger: Climate Risks, the Energy System, and U.S. National Security,” in “Impact of Climate Risk on the Energy System Examining the Financial, Security, and Technology Dimensions,” pg 54, September 2019 - The New York Times
Lisa Friedman, “Climate Denialist to Depart White House National Security Council,” September 11, 2019 - TRT World
TRT World Now, “Hurricane Dorian: Interview with Sherri Goodman,” September 8, 2019 - Associated Press
Seth Borenstein, “NOAA assailed for defending Trump’s Hurricane Dorian claim,” September 8, 2019 - KCRW
“Interview with John Conger,” To the Point, September 5, 2019 - Pete for America
“Mobilizing America: Rising to the Climate Challenge,” September 4, 2019 - CNN
Pete Buttigieg, “Pete Buttigieg: Bold climate action will be our new national project,” September 4, 2019 - University of Oxford
Stuart Gillespie, “The security threats of climate change,” September 3, 2019 (profile of CCS Research Fellow, Kate Guy) - War on the Rocks
Warcast, Interview with Francesco Femia, “The Amazon Burns: National and Regional Security Implications,” August 27, 2019 - Yale Climate Connections
“Rush for Arctic resources could pollute the region,” August 21, 2019 - E&E News
Philip Athey, “Sen. Rubio: Tyndall is ‘going to be better’ than ever,” August 15, 2019 - Gizmodo
Yessenia Funes, “The Navy Created The Pentagon’s First Climate Task Force And Now It’s Dead,” August 10, 2019 - Florida Today
John Conger, “Climate change is a threat to the space program and national security | Opinion,” August 5, 2019 - KUNC
Michael De Yoanna, “Chemical Weapons Depot In Pueblo On Army Climate Change List,” August 7, 2019 - Insurance Journal
Don Jergler, “Sun Valley Climate Conference’s Broad Agenda: Wildfires, Military, Insurance, Resilience,” August 1, 2019 - Public Radio International
PRI’s The World, “Former state dept official speaks after resignation,” July 31, 2019 - Mother Jones
Abigail Weinberg, “Climate Change Is Killing US Soldiers,” July 26, 2019 - National Defense
Gregory D. Foster, “Viewpoint: Environmental Industry Can Serve as Soft Power Tool,” July 24, 2019 - US Army war College
Brosig et al, “Implications of Climate Change for the U.S. Army,” July 2019 - TRT World
Ghida Fakhry, “Interview with Francesco Femia (begins at 17:45),” TRT World, “Climate Conflict?” July 18, 2019 - Yahoo News
Juliet Eilperin, “Trump official resigns after climate change warning is blocked,” July 11, 2019 - The New York Times
Coral Davenport, “State Dept. Intelligence Analyst Quits to Protest Blocked House Testimony,” July 10, 2019 - The Washington Post
Juliet Eilperin, “Intelligence aide, blocked from submitting written testimony on climate change, resigns from State Dept.,” July 10, 2019 - The Washington Examiner
Josh Siegel, “Trump mothballs climate skeptic panel,” July 10, 2019 - The Wall Street Journal
Timothy Puko and Warren P. Strobel, “State Department Analyst Resigns After White House Blocked Climate Change Testimony,” July 10, 2019 - The Atlantic Council
David Michel, “Iran’s Troubled Quest for Food Self-Sufficiency,” July 9, 2019 - NBC News and InsideClimateNews
Georgina Gustin and Mariana Heninger, “Central America’s choice: Pray for rain or migrate,” July 8, 2019 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Wrecked base offers ‘blank slate’ for climate resilience,” July 3, 2019 - The Beaufort Gazette
Stephen Fastenau, “Report: Parris Island and other military bases need help preparing for climate change,” June 28, 2019 - Tampa Bay Times
John Conger, “Climate change is threatening America’s national security at military bases across Florida, including MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa,” June 26, 2019 - Yale Climate Connections
Sarah Kennedy, “Why climate change is a “threat multiplier,” June 20, 2019 - War on the Rocks
Werrell, Femia and Conger, “A ‘Responsibility To Prepare’: A Strategy For Presidential Leadership On The Security Risks Of Climate Change,” June 14, 2019 - Defense One
Ben Watson, “These Are the US Military Bases Most Threatened by Climate Change,” June 13, 2019 - AlterNet
Julia Conley, “Trump’s Attempt to Suppress State Department Analyst’s Testimony-on Climate Crisis “is what fascists do,” June 9, 2019 - Kyodo News
Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret), “OPINION: Japan is not battle ready for climate change,” June 8, 2019 - The New York Times
Lisa Friedman, “White House Tried to Stop Climate Science Testimony, Documents Show,” June 8, 2019 - The Washington Post
Juliet Eilperin, Josh Dawsey, Brady Dennis, “White House blocked intelligence agency’s written testimony saying climate change could be ‘possibly catastrophic’,” June 7, 2019 - Roll Call
Nathan Ouellette and Jinitzail Hernandez, “Bracing for impact: Is the military climate-ready?” Roll Call, June 7, 2019 - Le Monde
Clémentine Thiberge, “Le climat, nouvelle donne pour penser les guerres de demain,” June 3, 2019 - Medium
Elizabeth Warren, “Our Military Can Help Lead the Fight Against Climate Change,” May 15, 2019 - Bloomberg
Jennifer Jacobs, Alyza Sebenius and Christopher Flavelle, “Trump Visits Storm-Damaged Panhandle, Pledges Financial Aid,” May 9, 2019 - PassBlue
Adriana Erthal Abdenur, “Climate Change and Risk of Conflict: The Links Grow Clearer,” May 7, 2019 - Government Matters
John Conger, “Air Force bases stop work on disaster recovery,” May 6, 2019 - NBC
Linda Givetash, “Militaries go green, rethink operations in face of climate change,” April 27, 2019 - C-SPAN (Washington Journal)
“John Conger on Climate Change and National Security,” April 25, 2019 Medium
Jared Keller, “The Military, Not the White House, Is Readying for Climate Change,” April 16, 2019- PBS News Hour
Mike Cerre, “In Niger, rising temperatures mean barren fields — but fertile ground for terrorism,” April 16, 2019 - U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
“The Need for Leadership to Combat Climate Change and Protect National Security,” April 9, 2019 - Washington Post
Juliet Eiplerin, Brady Dennis, Missy Ryan, “As White House questions climate change, U.S. military is planning for it,” April 8, 2019 - E&E News: Defense
Courtney Columbus, “GOP trashes Paris deal but sees warming’s security impacts,” April 3, 2019 - Courthouse News Service
Brandi Buchman, “Climate Change Needs National-Security Response, Experts Tell House,” April 2, 2019 - U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on “How Climate Change Threatens U.S. National Security.” , April 2, 2019
- Defense One
Ben Watson, “Climate change versus the U.S. military,” March 30, 2019 - Voice of America
Michael Lipin, “Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million,” March 29, 2019 - Breaking Defense
Paul McLeary, “Marine Commandant Memo Adds Billions to DoD’s Growing Weather Cleanup,” March 22, 2019 - PBS News Hour
Margery A. Beck, Ellen Knickmeyer and Robert Burns, “Midwest floods foreshadow national security threat posed by climate change,” March 22, 2019 - NBC News
David Hasemeyer, “U.S. military knew the flood risks at Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base, but didn’t act in time,” March 21, 2019 - Reuters
Timothy Gardner, “Flooded U.S. Air Force base underscores climate risk to security: experts,” March 18, 2019 - The Verge
Rachel Becker, “Nebraska flooding shows (again) how extreme weather can threaten national security,” March 18, 2019 - Roll Call
“Creation of a panel disputing climate change causes White House infighting,” March 14, 2019 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Dems avoid White House climate review,” March 14, 2019 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “Key Democrat has ‘considerable doubt’ about military readiness,” March 14, 2019 - Daily Press
Tamara Dietrich, “Kaine aims to help defend Hampton Roads military readiness with Climate Security Act,” March 13, 2019 - U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Readiness Subcommittee, “Ensuring Resiliency of Military Installations and Operations in Response to Climate Changes,” March 13, 2019
- Daily Comet
Editorial Opinion, “Our opinion: Trump climate panel’s process is important,” March 12, 2019 - Mother Jones
Jackie Flynn Mogensen, “Five Things a Democratic President Could Do By Declaring a National Emergency Over Climate Change,” March 8, 2019 - CNN – Christiane Amanpour
Interview with Rear Admiral David Titley, USN (Ret), “‘Crazy’ to ignore climate change security threats,” March 7, 2019 - The New York Times
General John R. Allen and David G. Victor, “Despite What Trump Says, Climate Change Threatens Our National Security,” March 7, 2019 - The International Business Times
Precious Silva, “Donald Trump’s Plans Can Increase CO2 Emissions And Worsen Climate Change,” March 6, 2019 - The Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “The Energy 202: Why ex-military leaders are trying to stop Trump’s panel to counter climate science,” March 6, 2019 - Washington Examiner
John Siciliano and Josh Siegel, “Daily on Energy: Pressure mounting against White House climate panel,” March 6, 2019 - Politico
“White House climate panel would pose security risk, experts warn,” March 6, 2019 - Carbon Brief
“World’s top 20 airlines falling short on climate change commitments, study finds,” March 6, 2019 - Earth and Space Science News (EOS)
Randy Showstack, “Former Officials Slam Planned White House Climate Change Panel,” March 6, 2019 - CNET
Marrian Zhou, “Former security officials to Trump: Stop trying to undermine climate science,” March 6, 2019 - Earther
Yessenia Funes, “58 National Security Experts Denounce Trump’s Latest Plan to Dispute Climate Science,” March 6, 2019 - The Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “White House plans to counter climate change ‘will erode our national security,’ 58 former officials warn,” March 5, 2019 - NPR
Dalia Mortada, “Former Defense Leaders Warn White House It’s ‘Dangerous’ To Downplay Climate Change,” March 5, 2019 - KUNC
Dalia Mortada, “Former Defense Leaders Warn White House It’s ‘Dangerous’ To Downplay Climate Change,” March 5, 2019 - The Hill
Brett Samuels, “Dozens of ex-officials warn Trump against White House panel on climate change,” March 5, 2019 - Congressional Quarterly
Benjamin J. Hulac, “Former Security Officials to Trump: Don’t Politicize Climate,” March 5, 2019 - Axios
Andrew Freedman, “58 former national security leaders oppose Trump climate panel,” March 5, 2019 - The Verge
Rachel Becker, “Former officials urge Trump to stop undermining climate science,” March 5, 2019 - Stars and Stripes
Dino Grandoni, “White House plans to counter climate change ‘will erode our national security,’ 58 former officials warn,” March 5, 2019 - Boston Globe
Dino Grandoni, “White House plans disputing climate change ‘will erode our national security,’” 58 ex-officials warn,” March 5, 2019 - Washington Examiner
Josh Siegel, “John Kerry, Chuck Hagel lead former national security officials in rebuke of Trump’s climate skeptic panel,” March 5, 2019 - David Wallace-Wells
“The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming,” February 2019 - E&E News
Nick Sobczyk, “Dems to Trump: Don’t let skeptics review science,” February 28, 2019 - Office of U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
Letter to the President on the White House “ad hoc group of select federal scientists,” February 27, 2019 - Lawfare
Michelle Melton, “The White House’s Climate Committee Red-Teams Reality,” February 26, 2019 - NPR
1A, Interview with John Conger, “Why Are We Still Debating Climate Change?,” February 25, 2019 - The Daily Caller
Tim Pearce, “Report: White House Convenes Panel to Reassess Climate Change Risks,” February 25, 2019 - WHYY
Dick Polman, “The Trump regime wants to believe the Earth is flat,” February 25, 2019 - The Washington Post
Juliet Eilperin, Josh Dawsey and Brady Dennis, “White House to select federal scientists to reassess government climate findings, sources say,” February 24, 2019 - Chicago Tribune
Eilperin, Dawsey and Dennis, “Trump to set up science panel to counter his own government’s climate change consensus, officials say,” February 24, 2019 - CNN News
“Washington Post: White House plans to assemble group of scientists to re-evaluate climate science conclusions,” February 24, 2019 - The Daily Princetonian
Bill Huang, “Global warming denier William Happer *64 appointed to climate panel,” February 24, 2019 - National Geographic
Andrew Revkin, “Does the U.S. need a ‘presidential climate security committee’?,” February 22, 2019 - Salon
Igor Derysh, “Science denier who once compared CO2 to Jews in Nazi Germany will head Trump’s climate panel,” February 22, 2019 - Science
Scott Waldman, “Retired physicist leading new Trump effort to question climate threat to security,” February 21, 2019 - Reuters
Laurie Goering, “Prepare now for accelerating climate threats, military officials warn,” February 21, 2019 - Earther
Tom McKay, “Report: Trump Wants Guy Who Compared Climate Science to the Holocaust to Head Climate Panel,” February 21, 2019 - The Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “The Energy 202: Democrats sound alarm about Trump appointees’ proposed nuclear energy sales to Saudi Arabia,” February 20, 2019 - The Washington Post
Juliet Eilperin and Missy Ryan, “White House readies panel to assess if climate change poses a national security threat,” February 20, 2019 - Vanity Fair
Bess Levin, “Trump’s New Climate Czar: Carbon Dioxide Has Been Treated Just Like ‘Jews Under Hitler,” February 20, 2019 - Bustle
Kavitha George, “Trump’s Proposed Climate Change Panel Would Be Led By A Man Who Doubts It’s Even Real,” February 20, 2019 - Associated Press
Kevin Freking and Seth Borenstein, “Climate threat doubter is leading effort to advise Trump,” February 20, 2019 - The Intelligencer (New York Magazine)
Matt Stieb, “Report: Climate Denier to Lead White House Climate Panel,” February 20, 2019 - The Independent
Borzou Daragahi, “From the US to the Netherlands, military leaders are speaking up on climate change,” February 20, 2019 - Reuters
Timothy Gardner, “White House readies panel to question security risks of climate,” February 20, 2019 - CNBC
Timothy Gardner, “White House readies panel to question security risks of climate,” February 20, 2019 - TIME
Kevin Freking and Seth Borenstein, “Climate Change Doubter Is Leading Effort to Advise President Trump on Climate Security,” February 20, 2019 - The New York Times
Coral Davenport, “White House Panel Will Study Whether Climate Change Is a National Security Threat. It Includes a Climate Denialist,” February 20, 2019 - CNN
Devan Cole, “Washington Post: Climate skeptic may lead WH panel to study climate change and national security,” February 20, 2019 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “White House mulls panel to review ‘adversarial’ studies,” February 20, 2019 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “International military council created to tackle climate,” February 20, 2019 - Devdiscourse
Newsdesk, “UPDATE 2-Trade talks keep European shares afloat as Sainsbury’s, Swedbank sink,” February 20, 2019 - Reuters
Laurie Goering, “Climate change an ‘imminent’ security threat, risk experts say,” February 19, 2019 - Scientific American
Jean Chemnick, “Where Climate Change Fits into Venezuela’s Ongoing Crisis,” February 18, 2019 - E&E News
Jean Chemnick, “Climate change lurks in background of humanitarian crisis,” February 15, 2019 - The Post and Courier
Bo Petersen, “US military prepping for sea rise in SC as funding stalls,” February 14, 2019 - Defense One
Paulina Glass, “Lawmakers Tell Pentagon: Revise and Resubmit Your Climate-Change Report,” February 6, 2019 - Huffington Post
Alexander C. Kaufman, “Green New Deal Resolution Poised To Shake Up Democrats’ Foreign Policy Debate,” February 5, 2019 - Bloomberg
Christopher Flavelle, “The Navy Wants to Build a Wall to Stave Off Climate Change,” February 1, 2019 - E&E News
Mark K. Matthews and Scott Waldman, “This is what a climate emergency declaration looks like,” February 1, 2019 - E&E News
Mark K. Matthews, “Top intelligence official issues warning on climate change,” January 30, 2019 - Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “The Energy 202: Another winter, another Trump call for ‘good old fashioned Global Warming,’” January 22, 2019 - Nation of Change
Ashley Curtin, “New Congressional report issued by Pentagon warns against climate change, calls it a ‘global issue,’” January 22, 2019 - Washington Post
Brady Dennis, Chris Mooney and Missy Ryan, “Pentagon report details climate risks to bases, but critics say it falls short on detail,” January 19, 2019 - Stars and Stripes
Brady Dennis, Chris Mooney and Missy Ryan, “Pentagon report details climate risks to bases, but critics say it falls short on detail,” January 19, 2019 - Military Times
Tara Copp, “DoD: Majority of mission-critical bases face climate change threats,” January 18, 2019 - Tampa Bay Times
Howard Altman, “Tyndall Air Force base finds new mission with the billions to be spent repairing hurricane damage,” January 18, 2019 - Inside Climate News
Nicholas Kuznetz, “U.S. Military Report Warns Climate Change Threatens Key Bases,” January 18, 2019 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “Pentagon climate report slammed for ‘strange gaps,’” January 18, 2019 - Vox
Alex Ward, “The Pentagon calls climate change a national security threat. Trump isn’t listening,” January 18, 2019 - Huffington Post
Chris D’Angelo and Alexander C. Kaufman, “Pentagon Confirms Climate Change Is A National Security Threat, Contradicting Trump,” January 18, 2019 - Mother Jones
Dan Spinelli, “The Pentagon’s New Climate Change Report Is Missing Some Important Details,” January 18, 2019 - START Magazine
Fabio Vanorio, “Come si dibatte tra Pentagono e Trump sulla minaccia del Climate Change alla Sicurezza degli Stati Uniti (prima parte),” January 13, 2019 - Government Matters
Andrew Wagner, “Interview with John Conger: Climate change’s impact on military installations around the world,” January 9, 2019 - Fast Company
Adele Peters, “How soon will climate change force you to move?” January 8, 2019